₦airaland Forum

isthatso:
my friend look back in history, what you are talking about is what we had at independence, every region kept 50% of the income from its resources. The SE region then was in control on 50% of the revenue from Oil because at that time the oil producing areas of the SS were under Okpara and later Ojukwu as governors of the SE region. The Western region kept 50% of its cocoa and The north though lagging behing was making progress with 50% of it's its groundnut etc. everybody was making progress until the shortsightedness of your leaders shatterred everything.

Then the Ibo man came and 1) staged a coup and 2) tried to secede resulting in the civil war. It is because of those reckless actions and to checkmate the ibos that states were created and they carved out cross river and rivers states where the oil was, away from the control of the ibos.

Secondly it is because your actions brought in the military that they reduced derivation from 50% to 13% (it was actually lower at some point.

North did not have free oil money until you bleeped it all up and they tasted free money


The irony of the ibo man is that you threw everybody into chaos, stunted our collective growth, denied us of the resources from our own lands by your actions and now you are talking of devolution of power

we had devolution of powers before, your lust for power and greed bleeped it up!!!! the same shortsightedness your forefacthers displayed on in the '60s is what you are displaying now.

The whole reason for a presidential system of govt and creation of states was to weaken the ibos lust for power and starve them of resources, the horse has left the stable it can never be brought back in. You had it but blew it for everyone.

below is a historical chart of how much you kept from your resources so you can rue at your leisure the plight your fathers brought upon us all.

Hmm... heavier words had never been written.

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Ikinternational:
Guy are you serious? Are you really pretending to not understand the concept of majority rules? Please tell me, what is the population of Nigeria minus the 4 MAJOR tribes?

I'm afraid you're just further hemming yourself in with your strange lines of argument. Are you saying the three major tribes should muzzle out numbers four-to-whatever? And what's the magic about the number three? Why not the four or five or six, eight largest tribes?

I honestly think everyone should just stop arrogating to themselves the ethnicity to get the country's top political jobs. What groups should learn to do very well, is form alliances. After all, where the voting numbers combine is where political power tilts.

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RedCreme21:
This would affect Nigeria far more than Ghana. Its a bold move by the government, just hoping we wont all starve before we reap the benefit. Especially with the fake/substandard food products on the market.

Then make your own preferred food, simple, or fork out the ego and buy what others fortunately make available to you at their own price, or import whatever you personally desire, ; otherwise please know your place and live within your means.

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odave:
Abeg [b]what's so difficult for Nigeria farmers [/b]to get a better seed from wherever they can, plant here, parboil and give us good rice? Everything na rocket science for naija.

Imagine using local rice to make fried rice, lol

See blame ooo... And what's so difficult for you too that you can't grow your own rice the way you want it, or afford to buy at the price the market offers you?

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t2luv1:
You are wrong. I guess it is true what they say until a lion has an history writer. the story of the hunt will always cast the hunter in good light. Ojukwu didn't set out to invade the Midwest. The man was just trying to do what he thought was in the best interest for his people. His people were getting slaughter in the North and the central government were not doing anything about it. If you call the January 1966 as a day of infamy what will you call all the subsequent coups. The five majors that carried out the January 1966 coup were not all from the East there were some people from the Western region that participate in the coup. It was just an easy narration to cast the coup as an Eastern coup. So let's just be clear.

I guess you've been spoiled by the mostly eastern narrative of the events of the war... that's one reason I can think of for you to characterize my writing as that by a "lion" from nowhere, for instance, whatever that means, lol.

And funny how you easily emotionalize the unprovoked military invasion of the then very peaceful Midwest region that was clearly unprepared for war, as essentially 'self defense' by Col. Ojukwu. Did he not so sow the wind? People such as yourself will always form ostrich, are in self denial, and never take responsibility for their actions; the fault is always that of the other side. Col. Ojukwu made a choice with his two eyes wide open and Nigeria as a whole paid dearly for it. Earlier, the January coup plotters had murdered, in cold blood, all the major and significant political and military leaders of all the three other regions and spared those of their own sole, smallest, predominantly Igbo-controlled region, and you have the effrontery to say it was not an Igbo coup?

Unfortunately for us all, those who had wanted to impose a Unitary form of government on the country (Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi even ultimately proclaimed it!) because they thought they were not yet sufficiently or totally in charge but wanted to totally Lord it over and subjugate all regions (the purpose and goal of the infamy,) ended up costing the country dearly. They will never succeed - and will face greater disappointments - should they try it once more.

In the meantime, you can carry on with your 'in-the-end ill-fated' side of the narrative and hope you won't always encounter another 'strange lion' from nowhere, na you sabi. Be rest assured, though, that the fair narrative will always be held somewhere and prevail in the end; and all propaganda that took root in the unfortunate war and have been mixed with emotional bile that persist through these days, will not change a thing for the better. Such emotional bile will continue to burn bridges, in fact. Make of that what you may.

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t2luv1:
Thank you. Exactly my opinion. Had he executed the Aburi accord the Eastern people wont have agitated for secession. Their people were getting killed in the North and he didnt do anything. That what the root caused of the war.

Please don't distort history. The root cause of the war was the January 15, 1966 coup - that was the day of infamy - and the gloating in the North, of all places, shortly after, by the easterners there on the streets, who were seen as the main beneficiaries and supporters of the coup, to begin with. It was extreme humiliation of the Arewa people by even the ordinary Igbo person there on the streets. For instance, they trampled on the photos of the Northern political and military leaders who were predominantly murdered during the coup, there on the streets of the North. (I was in Jos then.)

The main trigger of the actual war, was the invasion of the then Midwest region by Col. Ojukwu's ill-fated army, even before any shot was fired at the "rebellion from the Eastern region" by the Federal Government, or war declared. Simple.

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Ategberoson:
see someone with common sense. I guess you don't follow the constitution and the instance of the alleged sacked deputy?

his offence was his antagonist against recklessness of yahaya bello but since he's APC man no problem. you dummies that's hoping this country will progress with this una party affiliation in favor of political discrepancies?


injustice is injustice, the bow and go lawmaker of this century should follow the legal and constitutional procedure. but will that work here? in a sane country a state governor would have been summoned for owing workers salaries and pension but here he's being compensated with return ticket


useless country, useless citizens

I can see your problems are legion the way you're jumping on everything under the sun, and that only you has no blame; sorry, can't help you. Final answer.

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Ategberoson:
does that means you support injustice?


it might not be the business of PDP that APC man was illegally sacked but it's the business of PDP when judiciary that was established to oversee the duties and activities of the other two arms of govt is been compromised


this shows your party loyalty can easily overshadowed a common sense and voice of justice

Who says the man was illegally sacked? You? Or the PDP? A court of competent jurisdiction has to say so, otherwise people saying what you're claiming are just blowing hot air. Emotional statements in most cases don't connote common sense, actually.


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There was nothing - and there's still nothing - in law that says the former Deputy Governor was not constitutionally removed. So, the PDP is just blowing hot air. You don't base your judgement on a panel report you can't even vouch for and you're not even a court of law, for Pete's sake.

The only thing that could have stopped the inauguration of the new Deputy Governor, would have been a valid court order served on the Oath-administering Judge/entity and saying the former DG was not constitutionally removed.

The Chief Judge had no choice on this occasion but to swear in the new DG..

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OdumegwuOjukwu:
APC already have Prof. Charles Soludo the Economist in their camp by virtue of recent appointment, while PDP has Peter Obi (the Chinese).


I like to see a national match-up by these two colossus.

Charles Soludo (APC) wielding the Broom against Peter Obi's Umbrella (PDP).

Whichever way it goes, either men can take Nigeria to greater height for the benefit of all.

Neither can win either as Prez or VP in a Presidential election involving other candidates from other zones. Sorry, it's not about flowery descriptions or characterizations. And politics in Nigeria is not necessarily about the economy or economics, and there are others from the other sections of the country who're even more eminently qualified in those and other fields of human endeavor.

Besides, and more seriously speaking, the APC is very unlikely to risk its next presidential election slot to the Southeast. And their reason will be simple: Just as it was in 2015, the numbers are just not there in the Southeast to give the party any fighting chance with either the Prez or VP slot. At least not in the current and still emerging dispensation where large-scale rigging is being largely curtailed/contained in a lot of places.

But hey, what do I know, right?

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Johnnyessence:
Success Nwogu , Abuja
The national leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party on Friday in Abuja
inaugurated the party ’ s National Reconciliation
Committee for Bayelsa and Kogi States .
The committee is headed by a former Senate
President , Dr . Bukola Saraki .

And Bukola Saraki will fail again, just like he failed on the Osun and other such assignments in recent memory.

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Edu3Again:
Nija want's to move from Boko Haram President to Drug Baron President, OK

LOL.

You never wanted the "Boko Haram" President and it still happened easily, right under your koro-koro eyes, so you don't have to want the "Drug Baron" President before it happens easily, right under your koro-koro eyes as well. Simple.

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IGBOSON1:
Zip it mate! You’re not Igbo!

You're not Igbo, either.

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omenka:
PDP must stop its despicable maltreatment of the South Eastand reward them for their Exemplary hardwork and loyalty by ceding the party's presidential ticket to them in 2023.

Even the bible says Every Labourer Deserves their Wages!

Whoa, I don die!

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Urchman200:
... and to think that some people is still supporting tinubu is beyond me.

Whatever flies over your head, or is beyond your comprehension, probably means exactly that — it is above your ability to reason without morbid emotions. I'll advise you stay out of such a kitchen, if only to maintain the level of sanity you've still got. Capiché?

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Donlexino:
This dead meat seller, do you have a job or business going for you at all? abi you nor dey see dead meat to buy again for business? you are always online any day i mistakenly logging to view any thread u dey there nawa ooh! u need to get a life offline my broda time nor dey wait for anybody so use ur time well well my broda

LOL, see lamentation!

Na where you too get time wey you dey take stalk her and be visiting and reading all threads to know whether she dey or she no dey for any thread and wetin she dey write sef? You no get any sensible work? Or na just to dey stalk another person all the time "mistakenly?"

"Mistakenly" kee u dia!

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psucc:
So when patience who refused to get medical treatment come die for hospital, doctor no know work?

This is just an intimidation and nothing more.

Seeing that the journalist was misinforming the public, wouldn't it have been best she publish records that will prove her detractors wrong and affirm her incorruptible persona?

After the damage would have been done? What are our laws on Libel for?

As a saying of the wise goes, "If you can't stand heat, then stay away from the kitchen." Stop crying "oppression" after publishing defamatory things you can't defend and you're properly sued as a result. After all, you'll be able to prove in court the person you labelled as having criminally squandered part of our common patrimony, actually did. If you succeed, more people will even get endeared with your news outlet.

But if you fail, you pay for your recklessness according to law.

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SoNature:
Your comments are everywhere?

What do you do for a living?

And you evidently stalking her, what's your business?

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GEEBITE:
Typical Nigerian speaking out of assumptions/ ignorance not backed by any fact.FYI Bayelsa overall landmass is bigger than these states.Osun,Ekiti,Akwa Ibom,Abia,Imo,Enugu,Anambra and Ebonyi States.It is almost the same size with Rivers the neighbouring state.

All those states put together will be swallowed by Niger State alone - literally speaking. So, yes, Bayelsa State is indeed relatively tiny w.r.t. land mass.

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lilfreezy:
The criminal had already invested the proceeds from crime on property and tipper for conveying sands. Oga still wan kidnap dey go.

I said it that the biggest mistake naija police ever did was to publicize Evans tactics, now they've done free marketing. Na north own i dey even dey fear pass, those ones dey kidnap beggars join[b][/b]

Oh Heavens, I just can't stop laughing at the phrase in bold fonts!

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Richdad50:
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What these governors do when they are about to exit in the middle of an hostile FG opposition is to purposefully lead their party to defeat. With these arrangements, they get no trial and harrassment from the FG.

Richdad

Just don't make incriminating statements [such as the part in bold font], cite clear and verifiable instances, otherwise you're just posting based on emotions?

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igbodefendercom:
The Governor had better pay attention to what Harry Song has to say, because celebrities have the power to rally the people if they really try to.

It's probably too late in the day.

I wish Bayelsans all the best.

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lilfreezy:
The criminal had already invested the proceeds from crime on property and tipper for conveying sands. Oga still wan kidnap dey go.

I said it that the biggest mistake naija police ever did was to publicize Evans tactics, now they've done free marketing. Na north own i dey even dey fear pass, [d]those ones dey kidnap beggars join[/b]

Oh heavens, I just can't stop laughing at the phrase I've put in bold characters!

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Pistotita:
I understand how you feel. But it is not just making a point for me. I did not insult anyone. I only pointed that they are gluttons. But that's the reality and the truth. A glutton is a glutton. No two ways about it.

When your own business is disturbed, I am sure you will include curses in your prayers, post, etc to anyone disturbing the man trying to rectify the situation. I am sure your business is not disturbed, and it is why you are a gentleman. I am a farmer, and the border closure has affected me positively.

These smugglers don't listen easily. They are goats that should be treated like goats. If you leave them, they will use social media to bend government. I have learned that the same way they attack the good people doing things rightly is the way to attack them. Defence is not the right strategy for these smugglers and gluttons.

I will insult anyone who tries to stop what Buhari is doing because I dont have N100 million to pay as ransom fee. So, anyone who wants to be treated well should check his or her fingers, and use his/her brain before typing stupi.dity here.

Oga, I'm still around to slam all these useless nairalanders criticising the closure of borders. We must stop them. Nairaland is read all over the world. What we say or type here go a long way. To heck with all of them.

How has being polite helped Nigeria? Is it not those foo.lish old leaders who demand respect that are stealing our future away. We need to start insulting all of them. They are the ones sponsoring smuggling too. And these fo.olish ones here are typing rubbish because of common rice? Dem swear for them? This same gentle way we achieved nothing in Nigeria cannot work. We must attack foo.lishness aggressively.

Just imagine how they are fighting over Tacha. And you say they should not be insulted? The same way they were shouting CeeC, Miracle etc last year. As they not already curs.ed?

Sowore is in prison, and go read useless comments. These are areas they should fight Buhari. And support him with borders. But now, everything is politics in Nigeria. On Sowore's case, he has done not well. And in many other areas. The way hes handling East West and South South, I dont support him. But on this border issue, I would have abused the Senate president if he had talked nonsense on this case. But my guy at the Senate sef understood the "gee". He stamped FG full support for closing borders.

Is ECOWAS that is begging us to open borders are deaf or dead? When we have been suffering the calamities of smugglers, what did it do? All the traders in foreign countries cursing Buhari are selfish. So, Buhari should support them while farmers are affected negatively here. Is Buhari their president that he has to care for them?

Have you ever seen where cattles and herdsmen run away from a crowd or fight? I saw it in idiroko border. Cattles took cover when they saw hundreds of m.ad bikers with 5 bags of rice each, on full speed. I ran for my life. They were blowing "horns", and believe me, just one mistake and a bike falls, all will be like formular1. Lol. They are all going down. For good 45 mins, they were on top speed. They font care who is on the road, if you font clear of, you are dead. If you have experienced this, you will curse all these gluttons saying rubbish here. So, you font know what you are saying sir. I apologize if you find it rude, but the truth must be told. The ones here shouting are either gluttons or smugglers. Shikena.

For once, let us support Buhari on this. For this one reason, Atiku is not coming anywhere. He should cum in his other room. Now I have a reason to say Buhari must stay. He is staying till 2023. Let Akitu go to the higher authority than Supreme court, Osinbajo will take over. He has already shown he has the balls to fire anybody if he has power. Let Atiku and his PDP useless people go to places. They want to just scatter Nigeria. If PDP is serious, is it Atiku they should field as their candidate? And that Reno Omokri will be shouting in his America. Did we not see how Jonathan messed all up? I would have supported PDP but they are not serious. They want to bring back a top ex border officer who we know who he is. Is this not part of the mess of the PDP candidate that Buhari is working on? If Atiku has the fear of God, he will know he messed up. So, he should return and dash us smuggled foreign rice while carrying out his evil plans. If Atiku did well while he was in office as the borders controller top man for many years, and as number 2 man for 8 years, will Buhari have the reason to close the borders now?

Let us think well in this country. What we put here goes a long way. It is social media we have to fight these useless lea.ders. And these gluttons who want foreign rice should to slammed.

I already gave a "Like" to this post within a few paragraphs into it and would give it a lot more "Likes" now that I've read through all of it, if more up votes by same member on one particular post were allowed.

And I've quoted it verbatim to enable me easy access to it as reference material from within my own account if necessary.

Thanks for posting, Pistotita!

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SoNature:
Interesting.

Just idle curiosity,

1. Can't we produce rice without specks of stone in Nigeria?

2. Is our Nigerian soil not good enough to produce long-grain, white rice?

Let's face it, foreign rice is more attractive.

People say that local rice is more nutritious, but it's a talk for another day.

Why ask others all these JAMB questions you can and should in fact answer yourself nau? If you can't produce things or afford them as offered to you according to your requirements, then you don't deserve them, simple.

And my people, come and see 'taste' for delicious local rice for another day o! Lol.

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Kennitrust:
Hmmm he said "the country has potential for self sufficiency in food products".


Where's the food?



Do we have reliable car products here.

See reasoning and lamentation o, ólekú!

Grow your own food; make your own reliable car products here. Simple. If you can't grow, make, or afford them as is, then you don't deserve them. Simple as ABC.

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Chukwurah003:
Sun news ko, moon news ni

Epic.

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Simplyleo:
Why is buhari so committed in bringing us down? I mean we igbos? What have we done to deserve this from him? Okay why did he shut down our business in kaduna and Sokoto but keep patronising IVM?

[quote author= post=82761394]Mbaaa, Chairman.

We true igbos know ourselves .
Try not to confuse us together with some troublemakers called IPOBS pls.

Have you ever heard any real igbos, actors, actresses, musicians, footballer, businessmen, celebrities talk about biafra or hailing Nnamdi Cownu before?!
Impossicant!

We True igbos love our DARLING president to the moon and back.
Only the children of hate, perdition and frustration, criminals, troublemakers losers in life hate him and pray for evil for the nation.

Let us separate true Nigerians from trouble makers.
TAKE NOTE patriot!
Cheers! [/quote]Hehehe... Dear , what Simplyleo posted and you reacted to, was sarcasm, so you two meant essentially the same thing! And maybe for that reason or some other, someone has even been forced to now hide that post by Simplyleo; the post must have bitten hard, hahaha.

Hi, Simplyleo, next time, kindly trail sarcasm-like posts with smileys... because then more posters are likely to understand it in its proper context?

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The Attorney General Abubakar Malami commented further: “I am pleased with today’s development in the court and see this as a positive resolution that constitutes an important step in the Government’s efforts to defend itself in a fair and just process.”

“We look forward to challenging the UK Commercial Court’s recognition of the Tribunal’s decision in the UK Court of Appeal, uncovering P&ID’s outrageous approach for what it is: a sham based on fraudulent and criminal activity developed to profit from a developing country”[i][/i], he added.

I like this language. At times such as this, an aggressive and globally coordinated pursuit of your position will most likely yield the outcome you seek.

Well done so far on this particular assignment, AGF Malami and Team! Please do not relent, because your work on this very important national assignment is cut out for you.

Good luck!

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Mutteeme:
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he will waive his constitutional immunity to be investigated.

Osinbajo made this known on Wednesday in a tweet.

https://all-gists..com/2019/09/i-will-waive-my-immunity-to-be-investigated-osinbajo.html

Whoa, what a VP! This is a robust and clear case of VP Osinbajo putting his money where his mouth is, or vice versa, if you like. It is a most welcome action that the VP will waive his immunity if necessary to clear his name in this case. Kudos!

This is probably the first time in the annals of our democratic journey where the land is riddled with those hiding behind legit or illegitimate cloaks of immunity from criminal prosecution, that as high as a VP would agree to waive his immunity!

Certain things are indeed changing for the better in our obodo Naija.

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festacman:
The HEAT generated from the tons of fake news items, jaundiced articles, mischievous interviews and pretentious prophesies that came up in the last 7 days or so against the person of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is enough to melt the hardest of steel.

How Osinbajo has managed to stay calm, sane and dignified in going about his official duties is a pointer to the fact that he is trully a man of God.

Well said.

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mushystuff:
This is a slightly ignorant and myopic statement. Do you think those roads linking states are only on the outskirts? Some of them are major roads in busy towns that lead to other states so everyone in that city or town is affected when the roads are bad!

Secondly, there are large multitudes of Nigerians who depend on daily movement/transport whether from farms to markets or to deliver goods or even our petroleum products that tankers must haul across state lines! Why do you think there's always news of tankers falling over and causing explosions? When this critical infrastructure is bad, it affects the residents and citizens generally.

Keep weaving arguments. Imagine blaming tankers falling over on bad roads, instead of more on reckless, drunk, irresponsible driving and even unlicensed drivers and non-serviceable vehicles that are clearly not road-worthy or overloaded, just to mention a few?

And keep heaping all blames on Federal roads and neglecting state roads that are a lot, lot more in numbers and worse in their states of disrepair - even for the purpose of evacuation of farm produce from our hinterland. Learn to hold your local leaders and reps at the national level responsible for once. Start with what you can directly influence. Stop arrogating to yourself the monopoly of wisdom and profiling others as ignorant and myopic.

My two kobo.

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