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Damn! Rhymz mehn, I dey feel this your post die! Well said, bro!
What is this country turning into when we praise monopolist uber-gangsters like Dangote and his oligarchy of elitist politicians?

Today, Dangote is the sole importer of cement, no thanks to his liaisons with the obese criminal Obasanjo. Had this been in the states, you know how many lawsuits and fines this dude would swallowing each day? But trust Naija where anything goes.
Praising insecure thugs who are scared to death of competitive business.

Kudos once again to Innoson, for still trying to change the industrial clime of this country, despite so much hardship.

Chaaaaai!
This Abia governor is truly clueless! Imagine being proud to say you 'created jobs' by hiring young graduates to serve as Councillors!
What ever happened to grants and assists which lead to self-reliance? Truly, there is no government in Abia. What they have there is a caveman.

Here's a map comprising Asaba, Onitsha and Awka, for the misguided preachers.
I hope the clear distance between the cities of Onitsha and Awka alone would be enough to silence the misguided preachers here, who know absolutely nothing about the regions they preach.

Cheikh either has no sense of Nigerian geography, or is just completely clueless and ignorant regarding the empty angle he's trying to peddle.
Dear Cheikh, I believe it would be more advisable if you saved us your miserably worthless large blocks of preachy text and actually cracked open an atlas. Cuz if you did this, you would realize the city of Asaba is closer to Onitsha than Owerri and Aba are. What right-thinking person would run from Tanzania to Ghana when Kenya is much closer?

As a full-blood Deltan Igbo, I find it really cheap and and childish of you to even try to spin that completely meaningless 'morality' story of yours regarding my kith and kin on the other side of the Niger river. You should rather do the honorable thing and only choose to lend your voice ONLY in matters you have the least bit knowledge of.

Thank you.

They say lepers and worthless midgets have a way of trying to put their insignificant a5ses in front of people who, quite frankly, couldn't possibly care less about their miserable existence.
Right from the sadly laughable and futile Occupy Nigeria misadventure, Alh Harem, I've noticed you've been trying to have a conversation with me at all cost, even if it means you having to sound like a complete dumbasss. Well, today, I shall have the pleasure of properly exposing you for the bottom-feeding cockroach you truly are:

here is the story and it came out By Okodili Ndidi, Onitsha 16 hours 16 minutes ago
the 2011 in the link is the date is way of the Media agent categorising the link, it does not say anything about the date of the event

I've always known you to be nothing more than a bare-faced lying id!ot who does nothing but change goal posts when caught out on his miserable lies. But unfortunately for you, I was a part-time web coder whose coded news sites like the one above, and the 2011 in that sense is a nest for DATES, you half-wit pig. Here's a task for you to show you exactly how stupiid you are:
You see this link? http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/35732-10-injured-in-anambra-communal-clash.html
I want you to back-space and erase every other letter, leaving just http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php
Where does it take you? Does it not take you to a story filed way back in 2011? Or did you think you were smart, asswipe? Cuz, looking at my own browser, that directory takes me exactly back to a story written by Sam Omatseye, titled "The Almajiris". So why are you here showing your stupidiity by even trying to accost me on this issue in the first place? Or you think I'm a worthless tribalist like you, who spends every minute of his sad, hollow, miserable on NairaLand doing nothing else but type hexadecimals and hexadecimals of absolute horseshit that contributes absolutely nothing to the betterment of this country and humanity as a whole?
You think I've got the free time to spend on total nonentities like you, whose lives revolve around NairaLand like the depraved houseflies perch around puss-filled sores and abandoned lepers? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, and sorry to really not live up to your tribalist expectations, but I've got a life, and I'm quite happy with it. I socialize people, and not miserable corpses like you. So, if you're really trying to chat me up, I'm sorry to say . . . I don't swing that way.

You m0ron tribalist

Neh, that's you, mister. That is you.  , the very depraved man who has been on NairaLand way back in 2009 as a tribalist; 2010, he's a tribalist; 2011, he's still a bigot; and 2012, he's doing the same phucking thing over and over and over again, while reality and fate pass him by. With nothing to look up to in his life, and no-one to call his own, he logs on to NairaLand to vent his frustration against reality for sodomizing him hard in his gaping a$$. He spends the little money that hardly comes by on internet subscription just to come and post links upon links of meaningless stories to affirm his tribal supremacy on a group of people who wouldn't bat an eyelid if he died of rectal cancer tomorrow.
So, tell me --- Are you not a loser?  

You come here thinking everyone is like you? You come here thinking everyone shares your sad story? You think everyone has the exact same hateful morally bankrupt outlook to life like you do? Tell me, exactly how sad are you?
It's only unfortunate though, because you'll forever remain nothing more than a leper and a desert rat to me. You will forever remain an iimbecile and a victim of reality throughout the days of your unfortunate miserable existence.
So you can keep drumming your worn-out tribal recitations. But trust me, the joke is on you  

@Abagworo

But if we're to go by your previous statement about regions like Owerri not fitting the city profile, then that would mean,

- Venice isn't qualified to be called a city, even when it's called one
- Alaska's Kenai (with a pop. of 88,000) isn't fit to be called a city, even though it's called one
- Abuja (with a pop. of 750,000) isn't fit to be called a city either
- Botswana and Luxembourg have no cities at all!

No?

Here's a story you just front-paged this afternoon:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-863536.0.html

Now, here's the date of the story. Look closely:

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/35732-10-injured-in-anambra-communal-clash.html

Yeah. . . Slowly but steadily, you continue to show us exactly how biased, dumb, m0ronic, shameless and sad you FrontPage Moderators really are. Clap for yourselves.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/35732-10-injured-in-anambra-communal-clash.html

So, let me get something straight, Ndu_Chuks. . . You were so desperate to counter the other show of embarrassment that you had to go digging back for stories that happened in 2011? You really do feel proud of yourself over this show of idiocy, don't you? Oh well, can't exactly say I'll begrudge you for being a subhuman fleshbag or anything. Hey, it's your right to be a half-wit afterall, so carry on.

As for the Admin and the SuperMod who even went ahead to front-page this old 2011 story. . . Well, I'm not really surprised at your m0ronic antics either. The fact that you even front-paged this story is enough proof to us all on your spine-shattering idiocy

Propaganda upon propaganda all needlessly heaped on the Ijaw people by usual suspects. Una really no dey shame.
But just to correct a few nonsensical theories by some divide-and-rule desperadoes who really think their empty attempts will cause any rift between the Ijaws and us Igbos:

1. Igbo territories are bordered to the South and South-East by our age-long allies, the Efiks, Ibibios, Ekets, Ekois and Annangs; and never has there been any disagreements or enmity between the groups. These people have been living in harmony for centuries, while also frequently intermarrying. The latter is why you have some Igbo surnames like 'Abasi', 'Essiet', 'Edet', 'Inyene' and the rest, which are actually descendants of century-old Ibibio-Igbo intermarriage bloodlines. Also, Tell me, why hasn't any Igbo ever complained about being choked by their aforementioned brothers, since these guys are ones controlling the ocean side from that end and not the Igbos? Also, since it is on history that Igbos and Ijaws have never had any real tribal tensions, what makes you think mere seaport craze would cause friction between them?

2. I've also read time without number about dumb assumptions made by some people on the Igbos and their intolerant dominance over other minority tribes. . . You and I know that in your heart of hearts, you're a bloody liar. Chronicle the events after the Civil War and tell me if you've ever seen any stories involving Igbos and their 'minority' neighbors in serious violent clashes regarding land disputes. Most of you ignorant tribalists aren't even aware of the fact that there are ancestral Ibibios and Efiks in Abia State, and they are well recognized and represented.

3. Even before the Civil War, when Nigeria was regionally defined, it is also on record that a 'minority' man has been elected as Premier in the Eastern Region, even though same cannot be said about their Northern and Western counterparts (although I'm not trying to denigrate either regions based on this). Also, it might also do you some good to read up on political events that led to the creation of the Midwest (and what led my state of Delta not identifying itself as 'Western'); I believe this would help you all make reasonable comments without coming off as bare-faced hypocrites!  

Since he came to power as Imo State governor through a widely acclaimed popular mandate, I have written just two articles on the governance of Imo by Owelle Rochas Okorocha. In the first, I evaluated the early signals emanating from the brand new government and felt that there was something good in the offing for the starved Imo people, should the governor continue the way he started. I however, volunteered some suggestions on how the governor can get to give Imo people what they have been yearning for since the Mbakwe days. In the second article, I raised my objection to the governor’s pledge to strengthen the traditional institution and make traditional rulers the focal point of his promised fourth tier government. I drew handsomely from the age-old repulsion of Ndi Igbo to regimented traditional rulership, the disgraceful reduction of the traditional institution in Igbo to just a shameless tag for politicians and the overwhelming sentiment on ground that the traditional institution in Imo State shed tremendous worth in recent times to counsel that the governor abandon the plan to make traditional rulers more powerful in Imo State.

I had refrained from doing further reports on my state Imo because I felt the governor needs the time to sit down, articulate and launch into his vision on Imo State. I deigned the distractions in form of adverse reports peddled by his political opponents, just as he was yet to sit down effectively as not worth the effort and I didn’t quite put much in the moves of his media team to play up the governor when we all knew he had many days to give practical teeth to his well rehearsed resolve to match the enviable Mbakwe record. In my first article, I did remind the governor that it will take the next home coming at Christmas for Ndi Imo to ascertain whether he will live his words and promises or end up in the long list of governors who professed intent to march the glorious Mbakwe record but usually end up woeful failures in a state that is parched and thirsty for good governance.

So the period of the last Christmas and New year and of course the fuel subsidy strike offered me the opportunity to move around my state and weigh whether indeed, Governor Okorocha is living the promise and the expectation that swept him into office in a blaze of popular acclaim. I know my state very well, I know what I was looking for, so I needed no guide to tell me where improvements have been recorded and where decay have been wrought. The Owerri I saw last Christmas was a capital city that is on the move, a city that has recovered its energy, reclaimed its allure! It is a beehive of works, especially on roads and public infrastructure.

My first observation was that the existing roads in the city have been re-asphalted and the age old potholes that had hitherto made driving in Owerri one big excruciating torture had been fixed. I saw new and existing roads being paved and constructed in every nook and cranny of Owerri in perhaps the most ambitious city development effort since the Mbakwe years. Roads that have long been interred in the burgeoning graveyard of government neglect and incompetence are being constructed with a frenzy we have not seen in Imo State for many years now. Drainages are being built all over the city and the bold expansion of the city beyond the provincial dream that has restricted the city to the boundaries drawn by Mbakwe decades ago. I visited New Owerri, the area housing the Concorde Hotel and other important state complexes and I marvelled at the level of transformation that has happened in just a few months. The roads in Ikenegbu, Ikenegbu Extension, Aladimma, World Bank, Amakohia, Akwakuma, Orji and other suburbs of the city are receiving equal attention and all at the same time!

New buildings and facilities are springing up all over the state capital, government buildings that are being constructed with such haste that visitors within the last six months are bound to miss some traditional landmarks that dotted the city as it struggled effortlessly to beat the restricted prisms successive governments have imposed on it. I saw new complexes springing up in the then Imo Newspapers and Imo Broadcasting Services premises on Egbu Road. The dilapidated colonial buildings that form part of the state civil service offices near the government house have been bulldozed and new complexes are being constructed there. The government house itself is a beehive of construction as I gathered the Multi-Purpose Hall and the Banquet Lodge have been demolished and modern replacements are almost at completion stage. I didn’t really visit the other two towns of Orlu and Okigwe but I heard that similar cheery activities are going on in the two towns to elevate them to real urban areas.

In the rural areas, roads are being frenetically constructed everywhere. I understand this is in line with the pledge of the governor to construct 15 kilometres of roads in each of the twenty seven local councils in the state in his first year in office. I moved around and saw that each local council I visited is benefitting from this noble but ambitious work plan that will go a long way in opening up the state and practically stemming the rural-urban drift in Imo State. I observed that the free education programme of the Rochas government is going so smoothly and it has indeed inflated the confidence in, enrolment and credibility of public schools in the state. I noticed that most of the private schools in the state are experiencing deep haemorrhage in enrolment as most of their students have withdrawn to enrol in the free public schools. I noticed that the governor has gone further to include the provision of school sandals, uniforms, books, meals and even emoluments to pupils of public schools in the state, which are very laudable attempts to restore confidence in a battered system that has opened the vista of exploitation by private profiteers that have invaded the education sector in recent times. I was gladdened by the design and impression for the new state schools the Rochas government is planning to build in each of the wards in the state.

There are so many other projects going on in Imo State and this has fuelled fresh fears in me as to whether the government is not taking so many projects at the same time. I hope it would not be weighed down by the sheer burden of the many projects it has taken up at once in so little a time it has been in power. But then, I cannot but speak of the high level of confidence the Rochas government has imbued on the people of the state and this is a critical factor in the government-governed relationship. He has been able to sow trust in what he has been able to do these past eight months and one hopes he does not deviate from this popular stretch. With good governance, Rochas has been able to seduce even his opponents and those that never bought into his very popular mandate. He is cutting the image of a governor that does it as he promises and this is a positive aspect that will stand him in good stead as he governs Imo.

However, as I was about to return to base, there was this disturbing development that the governor has concluded plans to relocate the Imo State University from Owerri to his Ideator local government. First, I treated this with a pinch of salt but the fact was confirmed later by the official explanation to a barrage of criticisms that trailed that plan. I don’t know what prodded the governor to take this decision that reeks of clannishness and which may not outlive his regime, no matter how deep he tries to structure the latest effort. I will do a report on this in future but I want to let Rochas know that this can never be the best action from his regime. The adverse effect in this type of pandering to the idol of clan or village is that such actions stand to belittle the great works he is doing in Imo presently.

For whatever it is worth, Rochas does not need to take Imo University to his village. He does not need to appease the gods of village or zone who impress him with the beauty of this idea. The mere suggestion of this idea is a huge insult and spat on all those that forsook their own idols of zone and clan to stake their lives to ensure his mandate was not violated last April. It is an insult to all those, especially from Owerri zone, who forsook the so called zoning arrangement to return the governorship to an Orlu man when it was seen as riding against the traditional power arrangement in the state and when it further postpones the prospect of an Owerri man governing the state. It is an insult to fair mindedness and the type of urbane thinking that produced a Governor Rochas and has stood him in good stead to weather the storm ignited by those that were worsted by his emergence to incite public opinion against his regime. The idea is not good for the cosmopolitan image he has cultivated, the detribalized persona he has built and his penchant to stand out for his broadmindedness. It will do incalculable damage to his profile, even if he goes ahead to force his way through and I wish his friends and advisers can convince him to know that this, more than anything, will shred the public confidence he has garnered, especially in the last eight months.

Rochas should balk at the present move for it is a needless distraction to the speed he is working with at present. He certainly does not need such distraction, which will only benefit his political opponents who are handsomely tapping into the present fur ore being generated from this needless distraction to launch their battered selves into the political space again and puncture the singular most important factor that swept him into office. Sadly, they are finding converts to their wearied messages among those that swore to stand by Rochas to the end not minding where he comes from. In a tricky game like politics, it is easy to slay reason, kill goodwill and puncture trust. When this is the case, all that Rochas has been doing or plans to do will be interred in the murky debris of bad politics. I bet this can never be his target or the target of Imo people who are savouring the dawn of a rescue era that should elevate the state from the doldrums of the past. I guess Rochas is not aiming to be that excellent cook who cooked a good meal but garnished it with a drop of poison. Let him concentrate on the laudable works he is doing in Imo presently and let him be assured that history will glare him in better light than one who took a state university to his village.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/02/01/rochas-does-not-need-this-needless-distraction-peter-claver-oparah/

Oh, and this also helps reinforce my stance that the numerous indiscriminate junk stories shooting out the SaharaReporters' rectum should only be taken with a pinch of salt.

I thought some peeps were saying Goodluck Jonathan was 'beaten' by some other guy. . . When he was never in pursuit of the seat in the first place? This is why some people need to be objective and analytical with their utterances. Just because you don't like him doesn't mean you should paint him with every villainous ink under the sun 

Bia Mukina, e be like say na only you dey watch dis depressing tournament. As for us wey dey Naija, we no send at all at all, and I'm sure you know why.

obowunmi:
silly article. The article provides no solution.

You mean 168 million people are just too dumb to solve their own problems that they now have to rely on Americans and CNN journalists to give them solutions via articles, because it is their duty? Okay.

If this is true, then it sure is childish and pathetic of Jonathan. But hey, this is SaharaReporters, who report hit-and-miss stories sometimes, so I'll just give GEJ the benefit of doubt until I've seen this story in Vanguard, ThisDay, Punch or NEXT.

Prof never disappoints.

I pray it's true o! That Ringim was no Police general. . . Just an office holder.

Hey peeps, wassap?
How far for that una protest na? Wetin finally happen?

Hmmm. This strike is starting to have a lot of potential. Nice.

I said it. This Lagos protest is NEVER going to be successful with the sort of mindset the so called 'protesters' (joke of the year) have. Look at the clowns standing by and watching hopelessly as the poor guy is getting the beating of his life, and these are the people you call revolutionary warriors? Chei!
Someone tried to even label me a tribalist when I tried to point out the futility of the struggle from the very onset. Believe it or not, but NIGERIANS DO NOT SHARE THE SAME IDEOLOGY. THEY ARE WORLDS APART!

Those so called protesters you see there are never ready to make a SINGLE sacrifice for the betterment of our country IN GENERAL. Each individual is only protesting because he/she will now encounter difficulties in acquiring fuel for his/her PERSONAL comfortable life, and not for the sake of our future IN GENERAL. The sooner you all accept it, the better. The demonstration failed before it even began.
Back to the drawing board, gentlemen.

I tried to state my own reasons on why the South-East and South-South states were never going to protest today; but before I could even finish, some weird brother Alhaji something something came in and tried to label me a tribalist for some reason (how he even got to arrive at that weird conclusion, I still cannot fathom).

But with the current situation in the aforementioned zones, I'm glad my predications have turned out to be quite accurate.

Brigadier Ejiné.
I promise I'll make money laundering a treasonable offence which attracts capital punishment.

Good luck, guys. I am with you in spirit.

Yes Lagos there would be
protest and it comprises of all
groups from all regions. You see,
the way you construct your
words makes you a tribalist. I
would like to pose this question
to you. Who are the Niger-
deltans ? Are they not
Nigerians ? If yes then I believe
they would protest as well.
Now I would prefer Niger-
deltans apart from the tribalist
such as yourself (no offence)
Beaf and anyother South-
easterner posing as a South-
Southern not to speak on behalf
of South-Southerners.

Tribalist? Phew. Okay pal. Now I can see what sort of conversation you're really hoping to have with me, but unfortunately for you and your wild imaginations, that won't be happening. So this will be my last reply to you, after which every single post from you to me will be permanently ignored for as long as I stay on this site, whether they're friendly or not.  
As for Ogun, well, consult your BlackBerry if you have one. The messages have been floating around since yesterday.

As for your every-tribe-is-in-Lagos, I say - How does that have anything to do with my first post, or did you see me mention any tribes there? Or is it just from your desperation to keep this conversation going? Well, I've lost interest anyway.

And finally, on your empty tribalism allegation, I ain't complaining really, cuz it's the internet anyway, and believe me, your opinion is not one I'll be caring about in a billion years to come, so abeg bros, go siddon jor.

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=837167.msg9883777#msg9883777 date=1325553841]story story. a beg go tell ignorant people that not ME. Ok

yeah I am also from baylsa thus I am  A south-southern so what are u talking about. Forget my I.D I am from brass island in bayalsa state and I can tell you my household and street.

Now that is said. Good to know u never supported fuel subsidy.

Now I expect protest in the SS and SW for obvoius reason because they are Nigerians just like me and would know what the masses are going through

Yes I do not expect protest in the SE for obvious reasons which is best known to them or people like you.[/quote]Okay cool. I consider myself a realist, really, so for that reason, where you come from doesn't really matter to me (cuz we're all Nigerians and have no control over it); but it's we're you're going I'll pay attention to.

Now, on the discussion:

You know what? Let Lagosians and Ogunites (the two states who've shown interest in protesting) carry on with the march tomorrow, and we Niger-Deltans promise to give you our utmost support. . . Errr. . . From behind our TV sets, that is.

Right, Beaf?

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=837167.msg9883742#msg9883742 date=1325552849]SMH well what did I expect before.

SS ppl don't listen to this goons and protest for your rights.[/quote]I guess I forgot to mention I'm from Ndokwa L.G.A. of Delta State. And you know what that means, bruv? Yeah, it means I'm from that SS you just mentioned.

Nonetheless, my statement was made from gauging the opinion clouds in both regions and summing it up. And another thing you have to take note of, pal, is that I do not support the removal of subsidies. Reading my previous posts coupled with a few seconds of introspection would have made that clear.

PS: I am not an internet tribal knight either; so kindly respect yourself and keep your sweeping conclusions within the confines of your mind. Thanks.

Having said this, no matter how 'bad' things may be in the South, I can authoritatively tell you that the South-East and South-South will never be joining in on any protests. So down here, the South-Westerners are on their own. Sadly so. It would be fun to watch the protest in Lagos, though.

Lights. . . Camera. . . Popcorns.

But walahi, till tomorrow, the only Nigerians wey really sabi stage useful protests, in my opinion, na Imo people.
From their 1994 riot against Otokoto and his league of murderous ritualists, to their 2011 fight against Ohakim, these our brothers have really proven themselves to be a united force in the face of crushing difficulties. They've so far been the ones to pull off the most successful protests and riots to date. I really dig their style cuz them no be noisemakers, but people who go the fullest when they mean to follow a cause. It's funny, cuz even the more populous places like Lagos and the rest have never really been able to pull off real protests that would change their lives for the better.
Much respect to Imo people.

I'll be watching Lagosians to see if they'll really stick to their word and carry this protest to the fullest tomorrow.

Or will this turn out to be another Lekki protest? Tomorrow will tell.

Phew!

This story is clearly false. Next time, provide an actual link and not an e-mail, buddy.