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^^^ this barkono sef! are u so dumb that u can't notice that other people's quotes have particular colouration and thus seem to be separated from their current comments? Or are u so much in a hurry to bash Igbos that u can't wait to click on d "insert quote" button?

pls your comments are untidy and thus difficult to read. . .if u don't know how, ask and get help. Do d needful then continue making Igbo unity & disunity your bread and butter.

u made mention of a well paid job and it made me wonder if it involves computer skills or usage. U erred in referring to Ekwueme, yet u are insulting him for pointing that out. People neglect what they ought to know and delve into what is beyond them.

lol @ShangoThor;
guy, ur naija map seems to divide naija into 2 equal parts with Abuja as boundary.

I support Bode George serving out his jail term and becoming an ex-convict. . .increases d political space but I don't think corruption is PDP affair. he was not burn in PDP and was already old when PDP was formed moreover other parties are not immune to corruption. . .they simply have not found d opportunity to steal. So cut d crap about PDP, corruption and voting.

^^ hmm, no comment on naija case lol. The southern sudanese have suffered in d hands of d north for far too long. They own the green vegetation. . .d oil and the food, yet they are 2nd-classed in their own country. I'm very happy for them and hope self rule won't be a problem for them.

kai! hunger go kill northerners ooo. . .with all dz desert i'm seeing, Umar el- Bashir go soon beg for bread.

just a way of letting us into happenings around Africa

21 January 2011 Last updated at 13:28 GMT


Southern Sudan referendum: 'Massive vote to split'

With most votes counted in Southern Sudan's referendum, 99% of people have opted for independence from the north, officials say.

Official results are due next month but correspondents say the outcome of the week-long poll is not in doubt.

However, the former rebels now running oil-rich Southern Sudan have urged people not to celebrate yet.

President Omar al-Bashir has said he will accept the result of the vote, which was held after years of war.

The BBC's Peter Martell in Juba says this is the news many in the south have been waiting to hear - that the number of votes cast in favour of independence has passed the required 50%.

The results were published on a website published by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, and officials have confirmed they are genuine.

It says that 83% of votes in the south have been counted, along with 100% of those in the north and the eight foreign countries where polling was held.

Just 1.4% of people have voted for continued unity with the north.

More than 3m ballots have been counted so far, with several hundred thousands still to come.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12252699

Making peace with Atiku and ultimately incorporating him into GEJ's plans is good but making him a member, let alone d head of GEJ campaign team will backfire. Their will be principle and integrity issues raised on both sides. . .Gbawe took a lot of words from my mouth on this. . .let me no repeat them.

[quote author=Ijele-igbo link=topic=589271.msg7567087#msg7567087 date=1295503624]Lack of peace and enemity cost Soludo the Anambra governorship position.[/quote]Soludo was never good enough for Anambra governorship (structure- and campaign-wise). . .just like people saying Ribadu 2011, let's let that one rest

namfav:
igbos are the only people who have an excuse for crime and ignorance, if an igbo stole your bike he will find an excuse why he stole it and he will blame you for having your bike stolen by him

how can you live in such an society? igbo stop acting like animals, this land is not your zoo

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=587692.msg7567032#msg7567032 date=1295502413]where is the ''like'' button ? [/quote]So how is it the igbo's fault that u can't prove ur bike was stolen (by him)? U shud go and study simple logic instead of spending ur entire life in d desert with ur cattle. that's y we have schools, even for almajiris.

Bluetooth has found his kind of person/reasoning

ok, may be i shud just hand u the link to d song on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMVFEVUElg enjoy.

Igodomigodo has always been unique. . .his dressing, grammar, voice and body language, all make hi quite exceptional. Bankole doesn't shout him down but listens with rapt attention each time d man has d floor. . .i bet oda members wud just be scribbling notes of new words as we did in primary school. I will miss d guy joor

This makes an interesting reading but all i will say is that both Igbos and Igbo-haters have made their points. My reply to all is contained in MI's track "Nobody" from his MI2 album. . .get it, listen, enjoy, learn and be wiser. I just cudnt upload it now but will try sha.

I don't believe the foool shud rot in any jail. . .jails in yankee are more like comfortable homes in naija. the man shud face a slow, painful "public" death process that wud last no less than 48 hours. or to pity him, let him be sent down here to serve in kirikiri prisons.

Next time people wud desist from raising arms against others.

Nwodo is a threat to some people's interest according to d zoning formular, esp after the elections. . .they had to prune the competition down a little. He shud av got that into his brain b4 starting his childish war with Chime. . .he definitely put his cart b4 d horse.

Now Ekweremadu has realised that Nwodo's continued stay as PDP chairman spelt doom for his ambition of retaining the DSP in the coming legislative cycle (with a GEJ president), hence the deadly blow.

Nwodo is a threat to some people's interest according to d zoning formular, esp after the elections. . .they had had to prune the competition down a little. He shud av got that into his brain b4 starting his childish war with Chime. Now Ekweremadu has realised that Nwodo remaining PDP chairman spelt doom for his ambition of retaining the DSP in the coming legislative cycle (with a GEJ president), hence the deadly blow.

From violent on Today at 11:24:09 AM

Silly damn silly mentality!. .

This is what happens when people don't have anyone to blame for their inefficiencies, the government is the easiest and most convenient enemy! . . .how about you take a larger share of the responsibility, No?

For crying out loud, there are cyber cafes littered all around costing just a little over 100 naira an hour, there are independent computer classes that cost less that 3000 naira a month, what you need sir, is initiative!. . . . it's shameful that even my 68 year old neighbor knows how to do common things on the computer, although he never had access to one as a student.  

Face it, Nigerian students are too sluggish and lazy. . .all they think about is how to get rich overnight, no one bothers to actually learn!

Then Meldrick responded:

Very myopic and shallow mentality.
The students are only products of their environment. Must you depend on Cyber Cafe to get equipped with the knowledge you desire as a Computer Science student. There certainly would have been no need to write JAMB, gain admission into the University to study Computer Science if you say going to the Cyber Cafe is a better alternative.

The students are products of their environment. The government has failed. Don't expect anything better. After years in the University, most of these students never had a practical example and you say you have a good government. That you can afford 3,000 does not mean everyone can afford it. Who does not desire to be rich overnight including you? It is never bad to dream. Stop claiming Mr. Righteous

[b]While I don't support INEC to single out corps members for blame in a collective failure, I wud also put down d following as per the above quotes.

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@Meldrick,
I believe u to be a product of the Nigerian school system within the same generation as your friend who could not shut down your laptop. How come come u never studied computer science(which shud av exposed u to the nitty grtty of computer usage and programming) yet u can operate computers very well? Oh, may be u went to private schools (nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary) where, according to popular hype, the standards are heavenly. Let me inform u that I am a product of Naija public schools, primary to university (never attended nursery) and thus was not privy to any form of computer education until i made the effort to grow with time and this was in my final year in the university. What did I do? I registered for computer training when other students ran home to celebrate "graduation" (without even seeing their final results). I stayed back and committed two months to the course ( a sacrifice most youths won't dim fit to make without parental prompting). I will also add that i never tasked my parents for the cost of the training. . .it was my agenda and I pursued it without letting them know. I also ensured that I typed my project and that of my girl with my desktop. . .I felt fulfilled that I could do it.

Today, my story wud av been like these corps members u are encouraging to fold their hands and wait for their corrupt governors give them laptops, and probably and sit down to teach them how to use them before making any effort at all at learning. there are things school will never teach u. A little effort is needed from our side. There is no possible excuse for a graduate not to be "basically" computer literate. NONE!

your computer scientist friend is purely incurably lazy bro. . . Tell him that.

Good one jarus. . .we can only bring about d change we advocate when we vote and can only vote when we register. Please guys, let's do it.

daylae:
Can one register anywhere and eventually cast his vote within his original locality? don't know if this matters cus i'll definately miss the registration if i can't register away from home.

I guess u must vote where u registered. . .they don't seem to be online. Endeavour to register for the sake of naija.

honeric01:
And who told you i needed your forgiveness? i repeat, GEJ is a puppet to huge criminals, we all know these criminals, i CANNOT and WILL NOT entrust my present and future into his hands (countrywise), he's not different from his mentors/cronies.

How many months did he take him to amass wealth (Billions of naira) within the time he was Deputy Governor/Governor of Bayelsa state?

What exactly has he done for Nigeria since he came into the federal limelight?

Who among the candidates today is TRULY different from "his mentors/cronies"? Mind u, they have/had the same mentors/cronies. . .with d exception of Buhari (u may say). When Ribadu was receiving triple promotion, it was very good by him and that was y he was biting some people so hard while appearing so toothless to others. . .whereas all had sinned and come short of the same threshold of glory.

dayokanu:
I thought you declared yourself an Awoist? How is Awolowos acts different from Tinubus current acts?

Someone is dragging Awo's name to the PIT LOO. that's unfair, Tinubu reppin Awo is impossible pls

Kobojunkie:
um . . . wouldn't part of preventing it including punishing the corrupt elements among us, something we rarely do?

Punishment is a corrective measure not preventive. In the case of corruption, preventive measures would include but not limited to;

-Youth empowerment. . .no one steals and launders these funds singlehandedly or rigs elections with his mother/father, they use gullible unemployed youths.
-plucking administrative loopholes. . .occasions of sin
-putting round pegs in round holes and vise-versa
-moral suasion. . .we are religious in Nigeria but never repentant
-provision of basic infrastructures. . .it aids empowerment

I trust u can help me list others. If Ribadu fails to acknowledge our real problems and campaigns based on his love scenes with OBJ (whom he never cared to probe, even when everyone knows he's more corrupt than the scapegoats) then he is less than GEJ by a million measures.

redsun:
If d corruption fighting czar RBU fail to beat a corrupt element like gej,it meansnigerians are d architect of their own woes

Fighting corruption goes beyond arresting corrupt elements and charging them to court (sometimes without conclusion). Corruption has root causes and I think we shud concentrate more on methods of preventing corruption than punishing corrupt elements. if ribadu fails to articulate these and relies on his voodoo biz with OBJ, then he loses the little respect I have for him plus a few thousand votes I can control. And I will gladly be d architect of my own woes.

Akhenaten:
Ribadu is definitely not strong enough to tackle PDP.

Pls tell Gbawe and Oyb so they can fine tune their game plan. . .make the guy no go fall hand like his brother. GEJ seems determined to send all Adamawa politicians to an early political siberia.  

oyb:
tell that to mr inexperienced

I will but let me first tell u that structures matter in politics both for the politician and the political party. You cannot compare PDP and ACN in terms of party structures nationwide. . .PDP is by far more grassroot-oriented than ACN; has more national spread and membership than ACN and GEJ has been in politics longer than Nuhu coupled with the fact that both GEJ and PDP are the incumbent.

Ribadu is known by elites, how many of them will com and work for him, register, vote and stay behind to guard their votes - fighting when d need arises? GEJ and PDP have foot soldiers that can go the extra mile.

How many people picked interest in the ACN primaries but  I can tell u the old and young in most cities and villages in naija stayed glued to their TV sets, keeping vigil cos of PDP primaries. . .even ACN members  . That's acknowledgment. The name ACN is not known by folks in some states but mention PDP anywhere and a 3 year old kid wud chorus POWER! People may not like d party but they know it exists and formidably too. That may explain y they went for GEJ; to silence those preaching generational CHANGE.

He's welcome but as far as it gets, he's still a political neophyte.

He's welcome but as far as it gets, he's still a political neophyte.

blacksta:
Hence it is not called democracy and absolute nothing to celebrate and as somebody mentioned it is a kleptocracy of brown envelopes and favours at the detriment of the masses.

We still going to experience no electricity, no good roads, no health care facilities, Armed robbery and Corruption.

Who wud av given us all those good things that have eluded us all this while. . .Atiku? The same Atiku that had connived with his cohorts to deny us of these basic necessities.

OBJ even responded to reporters today saying "I'm laughing". The man sabi naija politics no be small. . .he may have visited Ciroma to thank him for eliminating IBB and making Atiku a scapegoat.

hmm, Nigeria, the air is finally FRESH! Breathe in some fresh air people, Goodluck Nigeria!

Atiku, when next WITZAN (witches and wizards) warn u, pls for ur political sake, HEED their warning. They seem to have really sealed ur fate even ur state and katsina where u claim to have an occult followership.