₦airaland Forum

Ennyhorlar:
PRESIDENT BUHARI WILL CAMPAIGN FOR ALL APC CANDIDATES

Following repeated media enquiries on the matter, the Presidency wishes to state in clear and unmistakable terms that as a party leader and a candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming elections, President Muhammadu Buhari will campaign for the party and all its candidates.

This however does not mean that he, as the nation’s leader, will decline courtesy calls or offers of support from citizens including candidates flying the flags of other parties.

There is no doubt that the President has no competition here in terms of popularity in the coming elections. But the more support he gets, the wider the margin of victory there will be.

So please let there be no confusion about this. President Buhari is APC.

He will campaign for all APC candidates, but he welcomes support and endorsements.

Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
January 6, 2019

https://www.fcmgist.com/2019/01/06/president-buhari-will-campaign-for-all-apc-candidates/


FCMgist: The biggest Media House in Ogun state

President Yar'Adua responded to criticisms in a similar way when he accepted James Ibori into the Villa to fete him after Ibori was indicted for gross corruption.

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midolian:

Brethren,
I bring you greetings.

It is beyond argument that, through the agitation for Biafra which you lead, you, The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) have brought both local and international attention to the plight of Ndigbo in Nigeria. You have raised our consciousness to a level never seen before. In the face of Unclad brutality and state terrorism, you have stood tall, refusing to bow to tyranny. Your members have paid the ultimate price for the emancipation of the people of old Eastern region from the clutches of Nigeria, a country that is deaf and dumb to the sanctity of human lives. Above all, you have resisted the urge to go violent, remaining peaceful, even in the face of demonic provocation from the Muhammad Buhari led government. For these, my gratitude is yours.

But,I have not come to offer you gratitude. I have come to convey to you my concerns in areas I reasonably believe you are progressing in error and offer unsolicited advice as an Igbo man and a stake holder in the Biafra project. Just to be very clear, this letter is for the sake of posterity, seeing as we are all before history and will be judged by it.

1) The Biafra agitation IS NOT a quest for vendetta against Igbo politicians, Ohaneze Ndigbo and other Igbo non-IPOB members who may not share your method on Biafra in toto even when they may completely share the underlying message of your agitation. The Biafra agitation is a people's cry against state-sponsored killings and other forms of institutionalized injustices. A quest for freedom to self determine our future and explore our potentials. That the Igbo leadership collective has not lived up to our expectations as youths is not in doubt. But a wise man must first catch Mr Vulture before asking him the name of his Barber. K'anyi zotagodi ana tupu anyi azowa ute.

2) To preside over a people, exercise any authority over them or even agitate for anything on their behalf, you must first understand them. Sometimes I fear that some of you, especially the online warriors, do not really understand the Igbo so well. Ndigbo are natural parliamentarians with a deeply rooted republican default setting. A very proud people. And they like debating every issue and having every man contribute his opinion before a conclusion is reached. This is the only way the conclusion can be binding on them. Plus, they don't give anyone, not even the gods, absolute loyalty or trust. They can shout "Hosanna To The Highest" for you today but they won't hesitate to gift you with "Crucify Him, Crucify Him" song the next day if they feel you are no longer serving their interest. Even if an Igbo man knows that you are taking him to heaven for a one-on-one with God, he will still need you to explain to him, in full detail, how you intend to do the journey and even after your explanation, he will not just close his eyes and allow you carry him in a wheelbarrow to God. He will want to walk the road to heaven with you, with his eyes wide open, maka adighi ama ama. That is who the Igbo man is. Most importantly, you don't order him around.

This foray into who the Igbo man is, is as necessary as it is strategic, to enable us have a better understanding of the people for whom we are agitating for Biafra.

3) If a non IPOB Biafran expresses divergent view on any issue concerning the Biafra agitation, questions your method or voices concerns about any of your activities, do not be so quick to shut him up, insult him into silence, character-assasinate or bully him while spraying the "Sabo" tag on him like the anti-mosquito thing called "Raid". You cannot insult an Independent Biafra Nation into existence neither can you character-assasinate your own people into submission. Everytime you insult people for asking question or refusing to follow your method without question, you create the wrong impression that the Biafra you are fighting for will be one in which free speech will be outlawed and people branded Saboteurs simply for owning and expressing divergent views on issues affecting them. Remember, the Biafra you are fighting for will not be for your members only. And if it is for all of us, how can one be a Saboteur simply for asking question or disagreeing with your method?? Being a member of IPOB does not make you more Biafran than other Igbo non IPOB members just as insulting people does not make you a hardcore IPOB members.

4)Whatever you do, however you do it, please DO NOT boycott election, especially your own states elections UNLESS you are ready to go violent. The only two means of securing an independent Nation is through the Political process or war. Any other thing aside this two is what the Igbo call 'Ajambene'. No one will take you seriously, no one will fear you, and surely, no politician in Igboland will lose sleep over your activities UNTIL you put your numerical strength into use and prove that you can punish your enemies and reward your friends with your vote. Political power is everything. The man who holds it can determine when you should sleep and wake up. If you can't use your numerical strength to change political terrorists in Biafra land and replace them with real Igbo Patriots who will at least use their States Attorney Generals to ensure your members are not thrown into jail simply for holding a flag, your journey to the land of the rising sun will remain an endless one because the truth is, the second biggest tragedy of Ndigbo is the tragedy of leadership.

If you cannot control your own homogeneous Igbo Nation, politically, with all your much touted numerical strength, you simply cannot extricate Biafra from Nigeria.
Before preaching Boycott, do well to ask yourself the gain from the boycott of the 2006 census as championed by MASSOB. After boycotting the last Anambra governorship poll, did it exempt you from Governor Willie Obiano's policies?

5)For any agitation to succeed, the agitators must balance Emotion (passionate commitment) with Reason. Before taking any steps, the first question you must always ask yourself is, how will this step take me closer to my target. And seeing as a Referendum date is your target, your question should be, HOW WILL ELECTION BOYCOTT HELP BRING THE MUCH NEEDED REFERENDUM FOR BIAFRA? The answer to the above question should be your guide.

It is an unjust world we live in. No one but us is coming to save us. Nigeria is a sovereign "Nation" with enough black liquid to bribe away the eyes of the international community from our plight. The United Nation is an assemblage of Nations full of flowry speeches but devoid of conscience. In the midst of well documented ethnic cleansing the Cameroonian sit-tight leader, Paul Biya is carrying out against the people of Southern Cameroon, the same UN "rewarded" Paul Biya with a seat at its Human Rights council. Syria yet burns in a senseless war being fueled by member States of the same UN. They care about one thing and one thing alone: Their Interest. The US is no different. The way and manner the US President, Donald Trump placed his country's business interest with Saudi Arabia over and above the need to get justice for Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist allegedly butchered by the Saudi Authorities says it all.

lastly, brethren, I understand that due to the emotional attachment we have for Biafra, some of you might feel uncomfortable with this piece but I assure you, I bear nothing but love for you all and it is because of that love that I have refused to allow you be like 'Eze Onye Agwana m' who was busy dancing Unclad while mistaking laughter directed at his unclothedness for cheers for his dancing prowess.

We cannot stop the Nigerian rain from falling but we can at least take measures to stop ourselves from being beaten by it.

Love From Charles

http://saharareporters.com/2019/01/06/open-letter-ipob-charles-ogbu

https://secure.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/IPOB-biafra-1-1000x570.jpg?itok=mr9Ioce7

The writer's message should ordinarily be seen as calming and reasonable by those who think alike. The irony of the human mind, though, is that the IPOB drivers (I mean leadership and followers) will easily see a virtually completely opposite picture, and conclude that the writer is, in fact, seeking to impose an alien will on them!

That, folks, is the true definition of co-habiting between literarily equally matched groups of people. It is in fact what's currently obtainable between Nigeria's so-called most dominant three ethnic groups of (in alphabetical order) Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. Thus, there must be a truce and bridge between any two for there to be a semblance of sanity in our nation's political eco-system. Believe it or not, this is what needs to play out on a local scale within the Igbo.

Contrast that with the situation in South Africa for example, where the Zulu are so predominantly populous over other ethnic groups, such that the Zulu can afford to be fractionalized, go into national elections, and still defeat other parties centered on other ethnic groups.

Just my two Kobo.

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deomelllo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJbX68QnOoU









Obviously, the man was actually making fun of clowns like Reno, the fake twitter pastor and lying internet nuisance and his wailing ipob disciples.



PMB don't send you and PMB and Ameachi will be here till 2013 to further torment your miserable souls



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You wanted to write 2023? I thought so.

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DLondonboiy:
Buhari's defeat will be so funny ...that he won't know what hit him..

Why do I have this feeling most people in your LGA/state won't even turn out to vote in appreciable numbers, anyways?

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Hear Governor Umahi:

“Ebonyi state is not part of Biafra. We are a sovereign state, and we don’t want to be colonised again, as we are a state demanding better treatment in the affairs of our nation."

Whoa!

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Osagyefo98:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS ZONE B...
PRESS RELEASE OF NANS ZONE B LEADERSHIP LED BY COMR. OKEREKE GODSON C BISHOP ON NANS VISIT TO ASO-VILLA...
"MY JOURNEY TO ASO-ROCK WAS NOT FRUITFUL!!"

PS: Recall, in the structure of NANS, that we have the National, the Senate, the Zonal, the JCC and SUG Presidential structure...
On 2nd January, 2019, I received an excitement call from the President of NANS, Comr. Danielson Bamidele Akpam (GCONS), in his usual way, we cracked few jokes and he landed with a message of hope that, His Excellency, President of Federal Republic of Nigeria wants to talk with NANS leaderships. I was happy with excitement that the ongoing ASUU strike will soon be a thing of the past. I started calling my fellow Coordinators in the Aluta Struggle to acertain their level of preparation for the visit, everyone was on a high hope for immediate resolution of ASUU issue.

I commend, Comr. Danielson Bamidele Akpan, NANS President for attracting this visit, but regrets absolutely the outcome with fundamental Aluta higihagaaaa.
During the visit of NANS to the former Nigerian Presidents, almost all the Zonal Coordinators bought a new car after the visit as evidence that the met Mr President! outside the struggle, but I announce regrettably that I didn't see the least fifty thousand Naira (#50,000) as a Zonal Coordinator of the largest ZONE in NANS. I fed myself, paid my hotel bills , paid my flight bills of such you now know that there's no resources from the Rock at the VILLA.

This is necessary to note, hence debunk the news of being empowered by the presidency. I know by now, no one will henceforth call me for any share of ASO ROCK struggle.

Therefore, I appeal to ASUU passionately to understand that this is Political era by this strike, over 20.1million votes will be void that means this number of people have been disenfranchised of their right to vote indirectly because many of them registered close to their campuses. As a matter of conscience, negotiate with FG and resolve fast, he who fights and run will live to fight again.
GOD BLESS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
Yours in Struggle...
Comr. Okereke Godson C Bishop
NANS ZONE B COORDINATOR SS/SE.
FUTO SECRETARIAT!!!
TEAM-BISHOP, BRINGING NANS BACK TO CAMPUS!!

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Etizz:
Lol..... Silence is the best answer given to a.....

See disgrace for poster Etizz (screenshot attached) - on the Front Page, for that matter.

Hey, @Etizz, you should have heeded your own advice and remained silent.

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Officialpdpnig:
Why on earth did he lie that he was not in his house all this while and why did Saraki also join him to tell the same lie?

This is disgraceful. Finally he was arrested in the same house he claimed not to be in or is there an invisible house inside his house where he was hiding?

The aspect I've put in highlight in particular had been ignored by most media outlets since the following day after Dino spewed the lie. I wonder whose interests these news outlets were serving?

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Probity100:
It seems alot of Nairalanders did not get Galadima message.

1. Wearing APC shirt signifies his in-depth knowledge and a well recognised chieftain of the party.

2. Supporting Atiku on TV in that shirts speak volume. He is telling the public that APC is shit after winning and dinning with them.

3. It means that he regretted joinning APC.

4. To attract APC M emebers to hear about their failures and incompetencies.

Please, I give woo Gbosa to Galadima

LOL, see points.

As already portrayed on this thread even by those of his supporters who're supposedly educated, that funny "stunt" by Galadima is enough to confuse and make some of "his" [wavering] supporters thumbprint against the only logo with a broom on the ballot on election day. Talk less of the ordinary voter on the street. So, Buba Galadima goofed - big time.

If Buba Galadima likes, let him keep wearing the "rAPC" shirt and waving its "flag" on campaign grounds, especially in his locality - he will see where that leads him.

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Dantedasz:
If you watched the interview this morning,you would understand that he wore that shirt deliberately.
That shirt had rAPC written on it boldly. Galadima is rubbing the face of the APC in it. It was an attempt to prove he is a chairman of a faction of the APC.
Galadima was just being sarcastic.

Still, most of his supporters will not know the difference (as already typified by some on this thread) and will thumprint for the only broom-branded logo on the ballot on election day. So, well done for the APC, Buba Galadima. Hehehe.

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Stalwert:
As they see Atiku they shout Aboki with money don come. Sotee Obi-lie-Linobi frooze his account from any electoral spending.

Now Aboki with money get sense pass them he has padlock his account they are now reusing their previous clothes

Buba Galadima never see the printing money for campaign shirt he has resorted to protesting.

Alert no gree show, PDP is hungry no mobilization no nothinf them just dey look like this dog

This got me ROTFL!

(Sometimes, some of these banter do the reading of a thread justice.)

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nani667:
Swift Blazing °°°

That 23MB/s as shown is simply awesome. (Screenshot attached.)

Which area, time of day, device, and service plan is this, nani667? TIA.

(Along the Lekki axis, I get at best 3MB/s, even then mostly at night, with their premium Dual Broadband Desktop Router, and the 9k/mo plan.)

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Kylekent59:

Bari Allah ya ci gaba da yabe ka a matsayin uwarmu na farko. Kyakkyawan daga Mrs. Aisha

iammuhd1:
What is this one saying? Though I am Hausa man, but I don't know what message he is trying to send.

From translate.google :

May God continue to praise you as your first mother. Good from Mrs. Aisha

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shachris02:
when a renowned afonja and Buhari Arse lickers start supporting biafra issues....then you know we are finished.

Nnamdi kanu sold out a long time ago. He's being planted by Buhari to disrupt elections in the SE.

it's so clear.

Yesterday he was intimidating middle belt not to come out and vote,because they know Buhari is losing ground in middle belt too.

I've always maintained from Adam that the albino is just an ordinary conman....a stupid one at that .

LOL. Did Nnamdi Kanu have to have been planted by Buhari for Kanu to become who he is? Including he becoming a conman or having that acidic mouth towards other tribes?

I thought literally millions of other Nigerians have been rebels or conmen from time 'immemorial?'

Na wah o, every fallout/shortcoming of/from a race — a people that have never been perfect to start with — is caused by "Jubrin"?

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ikezuora4689:
Hello my fellow Igbos in general....I think nnamdi kanu has lost it....how can u be fighting for the freedom of whole Igbo nation with no plans on ground......till today I keep wondering how unmasking jubril(buhari)gat to do with Igbo freedom.... until he nnamdi kanu start acting like a leader I don't see us getting Biafra soon....he should make out plans not ranting on radio in a foreign country.... every Saturday I expect him to tell us how to make our Biafra dream come through.... instead he will be shouting jubril..... unmasking jubril..... insulting the Hausa and Yoruba people calling them names.... forgetting that some of them support our struggle....I have a Hausa friend who is from jos...he is a die hard nnamdi kanu fan.... please how do u expect him to feel after hearing nnamdi kanu broadcast.....nw his telling us to boycott election.....I laugh in India....Igbo vote or not come February Nigeria will elect a new president....... Catalonia didn't achieve their dream by boycotting elections....he nnamdi kanu have an opportunity once to achieve Biafra back then when he was in Nigeria but pride and name calling didn't let him......what he should have done when he was in Nigeria is to form Biafra political party.....and make sure that all Important political office is being controlled by a core Biafran..... be it governor and all Eastern senators are core Biafran.... they will keep pushing Biafra issue in the Senate house....u can't achieve Biafra by shouting jubril left ear... jubril let leg....I think he should jst go back and plan....I rest my case

This is sensible talk, clearly.

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nickxtra:
So according to your philosophy, they should be partisan, right? Is that your philosophy?

I think what is meant is more like, "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones," chiefly because they'll be exposed should they persist in throwing those stones.

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apasico:
POSTPONEMENT OF THE PDP SOUTH SOUTH ZONAL RALLY

We wish to inform our teeming supporters from across the South South of the shift in date of the much anticipated #PDPSouthSouthRally.

This is to enable us organise a bigger, better and defining rally in the history of Nigerian politics, given that the South-South is the natural home of the Peoples Democratic Party. All logistical constraints are currently being worked out to make it a hitch-free experience for our party faithful from across the region and a truly epoch making event.

A new date would be announced shortly. The inconvenience on account of the postponement is regretted.

Thank you.

Na wah.

As the saying with the actual thing goes, the butterfly motions forwards while repeatedly making to land without it actually landing, until, bit-by-bit it disappears into the bush right before one's eyes fa!

But hey, what do I know?

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gaby:
Is that thing above western union money control number for me?

Thank you sir...

My pl345ur3.

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WritePal:
Why is Buhari so stuck up and look frozen in this video? Doesn't he have a personal coach for these kinds of situations?

LOL, and funny you. An empty barrel of your type, makes the most noise. If examined live, you're probably more dull in real life yourself than the old man; yet you're probably younger than the man's youngest grandchild in mental age?

Your level of reasoning and uncouth words say so, sorry.

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toluxa1:
Lol. Majority of Americans no longer take. Trump seriously and now he is APC's reference? When he called Buhari lifeless una no hear that one abi. We all know Trump was just playing TV.

As already asked above of some of the other members of your funny posters crew, please show mainstream and reliable video and audio proof of the portion in highlight, similar to the one posted by the OP, otherwise you're just another toasted parrot.

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somehow:
So Trump was so afraid of Buhari that he couldn't call him lifeless to his face?

Up till now, no one can quote Trump directly that he even made such statement.
No video
No audio.

Most Nigerians love gossips and rumors no matter how stupid they sound as long as it's against who they don't fancy.

Correct.

And as the adage goes, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop."

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myproperty:
Truely he said so and also said never again should a lifeless one be ..... But would a lifeless person really fight corruption... Or use the term corruption against opposition

Show mainstream and reliable video and audio proof of the portion in highlight, similar to the one posted by the OP, otherwise you're just another toasted parrot.

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ZombieTAMER:
Trump actually called him lifeless...

Show mainstream and reliable proof, otherwise you're just a toasted parrot.

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gaby:
I agree that a substantial amount of avenues for stealing has been blocked hence the tantrums the overfed grown babies are always throwing.

There is definitely room for improvement and more to be done.

Well said.

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Drchristian:
Please I need someone to throw more light on this, why is Peter Obi 's pictures not in Atiku' s posters in Niger, Kebbi and Sokoto state?

Along the same line of thinking, I've always maintained that Atiku woud not dare campaign with "Restructuring" in the core North, nor suggest there that he would hand over to the Igbo after one or two terms if elected. This far, I've never once heard Atiku mention "Restructuring" in any of his campaign runs in the core North.

Now, back to your point: As you're in the North, please include some live billboards one can see on the streets to butress your post - and include them in your first post.

Thanks for posting.

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WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

How Zik Handed Over Control Of Others In Nigeria To Fulani Oligarchy.

A few days ago, I got a message from a Young Yoruba citizen. He writes and I quote:

"I believe Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy which we all knew how the British handed over Nigeria to them."

This is not the truth. The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani.

Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government.

Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.

Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get only 73 seats.

However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes.

The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule.

It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively. Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group.

Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.

Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.

Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.

Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.

In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.

Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem.

There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent. The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.

Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”. And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo been destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani.

The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since. The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister.

Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963.

Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.

Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria. The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966 which resulted in the civil war.

Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo. However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England.

The Igbo is therefore the Yoruba's number one enemy in Nigeria than the Fulani.

Many thanks for your post, LordFaraday, it is much appreciated. Nothing in life is perfect, including your post. However, other than one or two sentiments you expressed within the write up, your account comes through as quite solid, as the many issues touched on all add up.

Well done.

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LordFaraday:
WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausafulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their third class citizen status of Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to a play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria.
The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of.
However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish this house with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done by colonial fiat without the consent of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.
To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be a called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any other tribe.

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, termed them ethnic champions, accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and declared that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

After moving motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constipation of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future.

According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria.

At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, buy Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constipation. While Azikiwe did all this, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.

https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).

As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes: “From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949) As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria.

With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.
But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region.

But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, the Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.

While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land. When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how: In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address.

But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard. Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony.
Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance.

On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.
Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint". After laughing the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.

The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years. Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day. In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.

In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heros. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War.

On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.
But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him Unclad, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria.

Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.

Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro's, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers.

Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier. Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igbo land to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra.

But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge.

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Yankee101:
They can ping your phone signal to the nearest cell tower

Provided he transmits continuously for some time.

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abc115:
''Atiku's spokesperson, Segun Showunmi stole Donald Trump’s message and passed it off as his. He couldn’t even edit the ‘America’ in trump’s message to ‘Nigeria’ in his.

According to my friend, Mohd, “they steal money and still steal intellectual properties... A thief is a thief”-ASU

Is this how this PDP association begins it's life in 2019? Such an important, make-or-mar general election year?

Why does the PDP make it so easy to profile itself as NOT serious - and of dubious intentions? Is it in its genes? Na wah o.

In the meantime, Happy New Year, Everyone!

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earthrealm:
@ house..what is your harvest like this period as a ratio of your total panels...on a sunny day in the eainy season..i easily fot 4x to 5x my total panel capacity and instantenous harvest gets as higg as 80 to 100%

Now even with washed panels i average only 3x to 3.5x harvest.
A 2kw serup giving me 6kwh and a 3kw setup giving me 10kwh daily.with instantenous in peak sunlight around noon being 1.1kw and 1.5kw respectively

I think it has more ro do with rhe angle of the shn in the sky+haziness..than actual dust on the panels.
Curious to know your figures..if it tallies with mine.

This has been my experience as well (pro-rated for my limited 1.8KWp 2s3p 24V setup out of a total 3.2KWp avaiable for use) on the Lekki axis for the past couple of weeks, or so. Normally, I would have recorded 1.4-1.7KW at peak.

I think I agree with your take on the situation.

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[quote author= post=74314494]Some people ask; where are the achievements? Well, if they are of such mindset, unfortunately they can't be helped. We don't have the authority to direct them to go to Siloam pool, wash, and come back seeing. Once anybody decides to be willfully blind, no matter what you push in front of his eyes, he wouldn't see. If he decides to be willfully deaf, even if there are thunder strikes by his ears, he won't hear. 

Even if Buhari was the one personally tiling your cubicle you would still say he wasn't the one so why bother.

However I would want to pepper you still with a little response to your question


Anyone like you who says PMB hasn't achieved anything is either a thief or a bigot or a lunatic or deceived or sentimental.

It's only a big time crook like you that will say that 200,000 N-power beneficiaries is not an achievement. PMB should have shared the #6billion used to pay them monthly among elites every month.

Anyone like you who dismisses the school feeding program is a slowpoke. The farmers and workers who benefit and the children whose enrollment has increased should have been at home.

It's only a scammer like you that will tell me that a man who met foreign reserve depleted to #27billion and increased it to a high of #47billion amidst comparatively lower oil prices has not achieved anything.

Only a lunatic like you who will say that the security situation PMB met on ground in the Niger delta ravaged by Militants and bunkerers, Ikorodu ravaged by Badoo, South East ravaged by kidnappers, North East ravaged by Boko Haram hasn't improved under PMB .

The herdsmen they sponsor have been quiet since they started hunting for their return tickets. Their recent attempt to escalate it led to the Du pond discovery in plateau state and they have been very quiet about the revelation.

PMB inherited a rice importing economy. He inherited a fuel importing economy. He inherited an economy that was bled to death through all sorts of criminal rackets notably in the petroleum industry subsidy scam. 

No rail line was working when PMB came on board. Roads where in terrible shape. By the time PMB came, they had sold PHCN to their cronies in the name of DISCOS and inserted in the agreement, a ridiculous clause requiring the government to pay them some billions if their licenses are revoked.

What they give Nigerians is unsatisfactory even though generation has been increased by this government from 2600-4000MW it met to 8000MW.

By the time PMB came, they had sold Nigerdock, Nicon Insurance etc. They had concessioned NPA and sacked workers who are yet to be paid till date. They had liquidated Nigerian airways whose ex- workers pay PMB is just settling. 

They had sold NITEL and left their ex-workers benefits for PMB to settle. When PMB became president, 30 states were owing salaries. He gave them Paris debt refund and bailout running
into trillion. Religious and ethnic bigots won't see all that.

They said Tomato was their problem, now there is tomato in abundance . They said there is no garri now Garri is in surplus. They said their headache was fuel scarcity now fuel is everywhere.

But I know that the traffic of clerics, celebrities, traditional rulers, journalists, political jobbers etc to Aso Rock has reduced drastically because they cant get big brown envelopes as before.

This set of people who were used to easy money are the ones wailing like mad dogs but we shall put them in check with facts and figures

2 major rail lines COMPLETED between 2015 & 2018, during a RECESSION; the Abuja—Kaduna metro & Abuja Metro.

No rail project was completed between 1999 and 2015.

PMB's administration is constructing another 2 standard-gauge Rail projects; the Ajaokuta-Warri Rail, and the Lagos- Ibadan rail

P.S: Interesting to note that NO rail project was ever completed between 1999—2015, despite the OIL BOOM All we have from PDP is a #GEJstartedit

Even their national office, WADATA PLAZA is still uncompleted till date.
Butterfly.

Accountability is another reason. Under some presidents, the rich gets richer, while the poor gets prison. Not under Buhari. The resources of the country are for the people of the country. Greatest good to the greatest number of people. The last administration (we won't and can't stop talking about them, never!) sat over resources in billions of dollars. Oil prices hit $140 dollars per barrel under their watch, and stabilized at about $100-110 for a number of years. They met our foreign reserves at $62 billion. When they left, it was just $29.6, yet oil prices had hit the rooftops. What happened? Thievery. Today, with oil prices having dropped to about $30 per barrel in 2015, and now oscillating between 60 and 70 dollars per barrel, our reserves have hit $47 billion, and still growing. Prudence. Transparency. Resourcefulness. Accountability. Will I then exchange this type of government for another? That would mean willful blindness, after our sights had been amazingly restored. That would mean willful backsliding into perdition, after we had been wonderfully saved.

Still talking of accountability, you must have heard of the billions and trillions of naira that accrued to government from agencies like Customs, Federal Inland Revenue Service, NIMASA, JAMB, and many others in recent times. These agencies are not newly created. So, what happened to revenues they made in the past? Your guess is as good as mine. Will I then leave terra firma for terra incognita? God forbid! Because an accountable man is in the driver's seat, the virtue is now flowing downwards.

Elections are coming. And there's no need to fear. Why? Because the will of Nigerians will not be subverted. Never! A President once told us in this country that the coming polls would be do or die. Not with President Buhari. Fair is fair. No foul play. Under his watch, his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa and Anambra states. At the last Council of States meeting, Gov Willie Obiano publicly registered his appreciation to President Buhari, for the level playing ground he made available during the election in his state. With do or die apostles, and a certain political party in power, such would never happen. Not with their garrison mentality. All states are territories that must be conquered, willy-nilly.

APC has won gubernatorial positions under Buhari in Kogi, Ondo and Edo states. The victories were fair and square. The party lost in Bayelsa and Anambra. This President would never manipulate victory for anyone, not even his own party. And you ask me not to trust him? I will, and no mistake.

GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
We rise!![/quote]Well done. People such as yourself trying successfully to counter the flawed propaganda from the other side, should/better not give up.

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dokunbam:

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Some people ask; where are the achievements? Well, if they are of such mindset, unfortunately they can't be helped. We don't have the authority to mix direct them to go to Siloam pool, wash, and come back seeing. Once anybody decides to be willfully blind, no matter what you push in front of his eyes, he wouldn't see. If he decides to be willfully deaf, even if there are thunder strikes by his ears, he won't hear. 

Even if Buhari was the one personally tiling your cubicle you would still say he wasn't the one so why bother.

However I would want to pepper you still with a little response to your question


Anyone like you who says PMB hasn't achieved anything is either a thief or a bigot or a lunatic or deceived or sentimental.

It's only a big time crook like you that will say that 200,000 N-power beneficiaries is not an achievement. PMB should have shared the #6billion used to pay them monthly among elites every month.

Anyone like you who dismisses the school feeding program is a slowpoke. The farmers and workers who benefit and the children whose enrollment has increased should have been at home.

It's only a scammer like you that will tell me that a man who met foreign reserve depleted to #27billion and increased it to a high of #47billion amidst comparatively lower oil prices has not achieved anything.

Only a lunatic like you who will say that the security situation PMB met on ground in the Niger delta ravaged by Militants and bunkerers, Ikorodu ravaged by Badoo, South East ravaged by kidnappers, North East ravaged by Boko Haram hasn't improved under PMB .

The herdsmen they sponsor have been quiet since they started hunting for their return tickets. Their recent attempt to escalate it led to the Du pond discovery in plateau state and they have been very quiet about the revelation.

PMB inherited a rice importing economy. He inherited a fuel importing economy. He inherited an economy that was bled to death through all sorts of criminal rackets notably in the petroleum industry subsidy scam. 

No rail line was working when PMB came on board. Roads where in terrible shape. By the time PMB came, they had sold PHCN to their cronies in the name of DISCOS and inserted in the agreement, a ridiculous clause requiring the government to pay them some billions if their licenses are revoked.

What they give Nigerians is unsatisfactory even though generation has been increased by this government from 2600-4000MW it met to 8000MW.

By the time PMB came, they had sold Nigerdock, Nicon Insurance etc. They had concessioned NPA and sacked workers who are yet to be paid till date. They had liquidated Nigerian airways whose ex- workers pay PMB is just settling. 

They had sold NITEL and left their ex-workers benefits for PMB to settle. When PMB became president, 30 states were owing salaries. He gave them Paris debt refund and bailout running
into trillion. Religious and ethnic bigots won't see all that.

They said Tomato was their problem, now there is tomato in abundance . They said there is no garri now Garri is in surplus. They said their headache was fuel scarcity now fuel is everywhere.

But I know that the traffic of clerics, celebrities, traditional rulers, journalists, political jobbers etc to Aso Rock has reduced drastically because they cant get big brown envelopes as before.

This set of people who were used to easy money are the ones wailing like mad dogs but we shall put them in check with facts and figures

2 major rail lines COMPLETED between 2015 & 2018, during a RECESSION; the Abuja—Kaduna metro & Abuja Metro.

No rail project was completed between 1999 and 2015.

PMB's administration is constructing another 2 standard-gauge Rail projects; the Ajaokuta-Warri Rail, and the Lagos- Ibadan rail

P.S: Interesting to note that NO rail project was ever completed between 1999—2015, despite the OIL BOOM All we have from PDP is a #GEJstartedit

Even their national office, WADATA PLAZA is still uncompleted till date.
Butterfly.

Accountability is another reason. Under some presidents, the rich gets richer, while the poor gets prison. Not under Buhari. The resources of the country are for the people of the country. Greatest good to the greatest number of people. The last administration (we won't and can't stop talking about them, never!) sat over resources in billions of dollars. Oil prices hit $140 dollars per barrel under their watch, and stabilized at about $100-110 for a number of years. They met our foreign reserves at $62 billion. When they left, it was just $29.6, yet oil prices had hit the rooftops. What happened? Thievery. Today, with oil prices having dropped to about $30 per barrel in 2015, and now oscillating between 60 and 70 dollars per barrel, our reserves have hit $47 billion, and still growing. Prudence. Transparency. Resourcefulness. Accountability. Will I then exchange this type of government for another? That would mean willful blindness, after our sights had been amazingly restored. That would mean willful backsliding into perdition, after we had been wonderfully saved.

Still talking of accountability, you must have heard of the billions and trillions of naira that accrued to government from agencies like Customs, Federal Inland Revenue Service, NIMASA, JAMB, and many others in recent times. These agencies are not newly created. So, what happened to revenues they made in the past? Your guess is as good as mine. Will I then leave terra firma for terra incognita? God forbid! Because an accountable man is in the driver's seat, the virtue is now flowing downwards.

Elections are coming. And there's no need to fear. Why? Because the will of Nigerians will not be subverted. Never! A President once told us in this country that the coming polls would be do or die. Not with President Buhari. Fair is fair. No foul play. Under his watch, his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa and Anambra states. At the last Council of States meeting, Gov Willie Obiano publicly registered his appreciation to President Buhari, for the level playing ground he made available during the election in his state. With do or die apostles, and a certain political party in power, such would never happen. Not with their garrison mentality. All states are territories that must be conquered, willy-nilly.

APC has won gubernatorial positions under Buhari in Kogi, Ondo and Edo states. The victories were fair and square. The party lost in Bayelsa and Anambra. This President would never manipulate victory for anyone, not even his own party. And you ask me not to trust him? I will, and no mistake.

GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
We rise!!

let me add to this

Boko haram was almost in lagos durinf GEJ administration with majob bombing in Abuja and surrounding cities.

No have been limited to bornu

Well done. People such as yourself trying successfully to counter the flawed propaganda from the other side, should/better not give up.

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