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Nah, probably most Lagos-living educated Itsekiri view themselves as Yoruba. Their dialect is closer to mainstream Yoruba than probably my own (Ekiti) is  

Certainly closer than Yoruba in Benin Republic and such.

So nobody can really gainsay him if he says he is. . . I'm Yoruba too, though of mixed Ekiti/Osun background.

Money for all this

agor1974:
The igbos shld stand for themselves b/4 is late,holocust is coming, the un creative mentality of blacks in south africa is going to create violence,against igbos,these is the only black race who capable of doing their own things and providing for themselfes without the help of a whiteman unlike the rest black folks who are hoping on the whiteman crumps for survival.the blood thirst black police are the culprits to these crimes against igbos.all these related to envy.

Are you insane?

This discussion still going on?

Na wa o.

As Timaya says, "Bayelsa na my state"

Isn't this the general Nigerian reunion they have every year? Or for like 18-22 yr old college folk?

Never been to one of 'em, I heard they are pretty fun tho. I might go.

Well done, GEJ.

Feb 10, 2011

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointments of vice chancellors and registrars for the newly established federal universities.
The universities are in Kogi, Taraba, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Ekiti, Nasarawa and Katsina states.
Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, the Minister of Education, said at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the government had ”approached the matter systematically by establishing nine universities.
She said there were at present 12 states without federal universities but promised that ”the remaining three (states) will have federal universities in due course.”
The minister named the Vice-chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja, as Prof. Abdulmumini Rafindadi, and Mrs Habiba Adeiza, as the registrar.
Prof. Ekanem Braide is the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Lafia, and Dr Idris Jibrin will serve as Registrar
Prof. Mohammed Farouk is the Vice-chancellor of Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, and Dr Abubakar Bafeto will be Registrar.
Federal University Wukari, Taraba, has Prof. Geoffrey Okogbaa as Vice-Chancellor and Mr John Ansho is Registrar; Prof. James Ayatse is Vice-Chancellor for Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina, while Mr Abubakar Yusuf is the Registrar.
Others are Prof. Jibrila Amin for the Federal University, Dutse, and Alhaji Yusuf Adamu will be the Registrar.
Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe is the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi, and Mr G.O. Chukwu is Registrar.
Prof. Chinedu Nebo is vice-chancellor for the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti and Dr. Modupe Ajayi; the Registrar, while Prof. Bolaji Aluko is the vice-chancellor for the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, and Mr David Suwari will be Registrar.
Rufa’I said that to avoid “the localisation of the new universities and to ensure that they took off as national and international centres of knowledge, care had been taken to ensure that the pioneer vice-chancellors were carefully chosen.
“This ranges from the former vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, provosts of Colleges of Medicine as well as distinguished Nigerian professors in the Diaspora and no vice cchancellor shall serve in a University within his or her geo-political zone.”
She said that the appointments would take immediate effect, and that the Jiont Addimission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), had been directed to facilitate students’ intake in the institutions in September.
She also used the medium to reiterate the Federal Government’s commitment to access equity and quality education at all levels in Nigeria.
“The decision to establish the new universities was informed by the imperative of creating more access to university education in view of the large number of qualified candidates who are annually stranded.
“In addition, there is the principle of equity in the distribution of Federal Universities to cover states of the federation where such institutions do not exist,” she said.
Rufa’I said that for the effective take-off of the universities, the Federal Ministry of Education had visited the states.
She said that the Federal Executive Council, with the support of the state governments, the permanent and take-off sites had been identified and approved.
“This was subsequently followed by the Council’s approval of N1.5 billion for each university to be sourced from the Education Trust Fund (ETF),” she said. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/jonathan-appionts-vice-chancellors-for-new-universities/

I thoroughly encourage you all to read the entire article.

Pretty shameful what these governors of Bayelsa have done. They should all be rotting in jail cells.

Some $200 million from the Excess Crude Account alone was pouring into Bayelsa State each month during parts of 2008. But local watchdogs contend that after money was approved for projects, it was never spent and remains unaccounted for. They cite about $2 million planned for the renovation of a hospital at Igbogene (except that there was no hospital there in need of renovation, they said), $2.6 million approved for an AIDS facility that state Health Ministry officials were unaware of, and $3.3 million for hospital construction in Bayelsa that the Health Ministry also knew nothing about.

This is simply disgusting. $200 million/month is enough to turn Bayelsa into heaven on earth. WTF?

[size=15pt]“Where the hell did the remaining $22 billion-plus go?” asked a foreign-based adviser to the Nigerian government who asked to remain anonymous because of his continuing relationship with it. “Most of the remaining $22 billion was drawn down by the state governments without any particular projects to spend it on, just on the basis of, there’s money sitting in the accounts, lets draw it down.”[/size]

Maybe we should ask GEJ where that 22 billion went to.

fstranger3:
I wouldnt want to miss any part of part 2


OP: FYI, you are doing a great job!

Why is she harassing the kindly and beloved Tensor?

^-- This is what I've been told by my pops, hehe. Excellent country though.

Actually, Singapore is an even better analogy, perhaps.

I could be Lee Kuan Yew, Part #2

To bring prosperity, peace, and justice to those people. Under my superb leadership, the Yoruba Federation would flourish into the next Dubai (minus the slave labor, property speculation, and mafia-controlled housing market).

Imagine 10%+ annualized GDP growth per year for 20 years or more. . . who could say no to that?

PhysicsMHD:
Lagos should just be re-annexed by Benin. It'll stop all this saber-rattling between Igbos and Yorubas and also, we (Benin) need a seaport.


I personally want to lead the charge.

Hrm, darn. I was going to annex Edo, Delta and Bayelsa, as well as the Benin Republic into my Yoruba Federation.

I hope tensor didn't get in trouble

Wow. That is a lotta loot gone.

$16 million disappearing into thin air, and zero interest in investigating it?

Ethnic solidarity is a very interesting thing.

No wonder there is no progress in Nigeria.

Who said it was not a democracy? He is certainly entitled to run. When did I say he wasn't?

I simply don't think it is possible for him to win.

Obiagu1:
You were the one talking about violence just because someone said Dangote should run for Lagos State governor. You have not seen violence, all you people do is talk and talk, when fight comes you'll be the first to run.
We all know how OPC works with all their big mouth.

It is what it is. Claim another man's land and see what will happen.

I'm not even trying to threaten you, but it isn't hard to predict the outcome. Investing, trading, etc are fine. Politics, not OK.

^--- More cheap talk.

Abeg, act on your words. Yammer, yammer, yammer. The nature of a Cryafran.

bk.babe cracks me up. . . I swear, I really hope this is just jokes with you

Igbo people (minus a certain few who post on nairaland) are pretty good folk overall, imo.

alj harem:
and i tell you people will die

and you know what, igbos will be first before any other group

The end result would be us looking as bloodthirsty and violent as the northerners are currently regarded 

Unfortunate that one of the few good things that Nigeria has (Lagos), a city that is self-sufficient economically and the largest in sub-Saharan Africa, they seek to destroy.

Quite unfortunate.

Voted. Agreed, great smile

^-- Unfortunate, I was hoping I'd at least get a chuckle

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=601921.msg7701934#msg7701934 date=1297298866]For me, Lagos is a slum. I am just a provincial man from Abia. Now I would say that Port Harcourt belongs to the Igbo though. No doubt about that, because I will be on familiar terrain.

Let an Igbo boy who was raised in Lagos say that. I know many Igbos feel that way about Lagos.[/quote]

Even Port Harcourt, you should go to the Okrika part of PH belongs to everyone (or Igbo.)

Back your bold talk up with action. . . if you dare.

Beaf:
Take panadol and sleep. Lying can sap strength.

Beaf, if lying saps strength, you must be a stick figure:

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Abeg, eat some protein. . . some chicken, fish or beef to strengthen your emaciated body.

Go test the validity of your mantra publicly in Lagos and see what happens

Talking on the internet is cheap. Go test your hypothesis out in the real world.

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=601921.msg7701892#msg7701892 date=1297298031]Well Yorubas did steal it from the rightful owners who were the Bini people. Now if more Igbos move to Lagos, and Lagos, becomes a majority Igbo town. Who will be the owners then?  

So I hope more Igbos move to Lagos. Reproduce and create more Igbos. I even invite Hausa to come to Lagos. The more the merrier. Let us not stop there and include Ghanaians. Lagos is for everyone![/quote]

Lagos paid tribute to the Benin Empire. . . but was first inhabited by Awori.

On a very serious note, the "Lagos is for everyone" attitude will only bring about bloodshed. It isn't for everyone. If you are serious with that statement, then I think you truly want violence.

4:34pm here man. Only if I were an intellectually bankrupt GEJ propagandist would I be sleeping at this time.

As it were, I've got a class to go to in a bit.

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=601921.msg7701843#msg7701843 date=1297297429]Lagos should be split like Jerusalem, Brussel, Belgrade and any other city that is split along ethnic lines. I don't care if it is geopolitics. Many Igbos claim Lagos, so they have a right to partition Lagos amongst the Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa and any other ethnicity that has a rightful claim.[/quote]

Oh vey.

And that is exactly why nobody non-Yoruba will ever be governor in Lagos.

I'm glad you said it, so others here can understand how people think.