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NAME : Mr. Peter Gregory OBI, (CON)

DATE OF BIRTH : 19th July 1961

PLACE OF BIRTH: Onitsha, Nigeria

NATIONALITY: Nigerian

MARITAL STATUS: Married with two children

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

· Christ the King College, Onitsha (W.A.S.C.)

. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy)

· Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program)

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing)

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game)

· London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy)

· Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt )

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior Executive Program)

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Break-Through Program for CEOs)

· Kellogg Graduate School of Management, U.S.A. (Advanced Executive Program)

· Kellogg School of Management U.S.A. (Global Advanced Mgmt Program)

. Oxford University: Said Business School, (Advanced Mgmt& Leadership Program)

. Cambridge University: George Business School (Advanced Leadership Program)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

· Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria (2006-2014)

· Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)

· Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)

· Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014)

· Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014)

. Former Chairman: Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

· Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.

· Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd.

· Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd.

· Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc.

· Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd

· Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.

· Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc.

· Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd

· Former Director: Card Centre Plc

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

· Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

· Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers

· Member, British Institute of Directors (IOD)

MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES

In my capacity as the Governor of Anambra State, I served as a member of:

*Federal Government Committee on Minimum Wage

*Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy

*Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit

*Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource

*National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform

*National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds

*National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export

*Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council

*Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria

*National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2015: Golden Jubilee Award from Catholic Diocese of Onitsha for outstanding contribution to quality healthcare delivery in St. Charles Borromeo Hospital in particular and Anambra State in general, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the hospital.

*2014: Nigerian Library Association Golden Merit Award for remarkable improvement of libraries in Anambra State, exemplified by our Government's construction of the Kenneth Dike Digital State Library, remarkable upgrade of the Onitsha Divisional Library, and provision of library facilities in secondary schools across the State.

*2014: Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade.

* 2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holand) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance.

*2013: Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor BabatundeFashola of Lagos State).

*2012: Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year.

*2012: The Golden Award on Prudence – by the Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most
Financially Prudent Governor in Nigeria.

* 2012: Leadership and Good Governance Award by The Ezeife Leadership Foundation Award for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State.

* 2012: Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East Nigeria – by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

* 2012: Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager – by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in governance.

*2011: Zik Leadership Prize.

*2010: ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award.

*2009: Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award.

*2009: Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria.

*2007: The Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award.

**The Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER MAJOR CHANGES IN NIGERIAN POLITICS

*He was the first gubernatorial candidate in Nigeria to legally challenge to its logical conclusion, his governorship electoral victory that was denied him. He won in the Courts and reclaimed his mandate.

*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to legally challenge his wrongful impeachment and was reinstated by the Courts.

*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to seek the interpretation of tenures of Governors when INEC allowed elections to take place in Anambra State when his tenure had not expired; the election already concluded was cancelled and he was allowed to complete his tenure.

*He was the first Governor to serve a 2nd term in both the new and old Anambra State, that is, almost 40 years after creation of the State.

*He was the first Governor, whilst still in Office, to be appointed a Special Adviser to the President.

*He was the first serving Governor to be appointed into the Presidential Economic Management Team.

*He was among the first Governors to be honoured with a National Award in 2011, while still in office.

*Though the only Governor whose political party was in government in only one State, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum twice.

*Though the only non-PDP Governor in the South-East (made up of 5 States), he was elected by the other 4 PDP Governors as their Chairman for 8 years rather than the usual one year.

FUNDAMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE (PARTIAL LISTING)

1. Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts, I left the equivalent of $500 million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds.

2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as United States, Britain, Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Canada, among others, visited the State. Before my tenure, Anambra was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners.

3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, the European Union etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra State started working with the State. Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the best states in development partnership and commitment to reforms for good governance.

4. He was recognised as Best Governor by the Millennium Development Goals Office (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in the implementation of their programmes in Nigeria.

5. The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria. In spite of visible and measurable achievements recorded in various sectors, the State under him did not borrow or raise bonds for her various projects.

6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most financially stable state in the country.

7. The State's ground-breaking return of schools to their original owners - Voluntary Agencies (Churches) on 1st January 2009, and subsequent partnership with the Agencies in Education, saw the State move from 24th position out of 36 States to Number One in National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for three consecutive years. This made the World Bank to commission a study, led by the renowned Prof. Paul Collier of Oxford University, on this revolutionary partnership and phenomenal achievement.

8. The State also entered into strategic partnership with the Churches in the Health sector. This symbiotic relationship resulted in a tremendous boost to health care because of the services offered by health institutions owned by Voluntary Agencies, while the State restored grants to the agencies and made available to them more than 50 million Dollars in various types of support.

10. Through partnership with the Church in the Health sector, his Government funded the transformation of -:

a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi;
b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala;
c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha;
d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and
e: St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu.
His Government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph, Adazi-Nnukwu, where heart operations are now being performed.

11. His Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 Million dollars) as the best-performing state in immunisation in the South-East. With complementary funding from our Government, they used the money to build 10 Maternal and Child Care Centres across the State, particularly in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches.

12. The State was the first to procure and distribute more than 30,000 computers to secondary schools, including 22,500 from HP. The Managing Director for Personal Systems Group HP Inc, Mr. FabriceCampoy described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle-East and Africa.

13. Anambra State Government provided Microsoft Academies to more than 500 secondary schools, which the Head of Microsoft in Nigeria (Mr. Ken Span) described as the biggest such deployment in Africa so far.

14. The State provided Internet access to more than 500 secondary schools, which the CEO of Galaxy Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) characterized as incomparable to any in the country.

15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government.

16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State.

17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State.

18 As part of the efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a number of companies were attracted to build their facilities in the Anambra State. A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in the world, which built their first Green Field facility in the State, which is today one of the most successful facilities they operate globally.

19. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged under our Government; a good example is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which our government bought more than 1,000 vehicles.

20. Anambra State for the first time started close collaboration with recognized government security agencies (the Police, Army, Navy, Department of State Security, Civil Defence, among others), offering them various types of support including provision of more than 500 security vehicles. The improvement in security was phenomenal, such that the former IG of Police (Abubakar Mohammed) lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any bank robbery in my last three years in office.

21. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well as various organizations such as markets and Churches.

22. His Administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu teaching Hospital, Awka.

23. His Government commenced the planned development of the Igbariam Campus of the ChukwuemekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu University, including the fencing, construction of internal roads, electrification, construction of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of Agriculture, Management Building, among others).

24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion - National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) - to Anambra State.

25. His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation strategies.

26 His Government, for the first time, undertook the aerial mapping of Awka as well as the production of Structure Plans for Awka Capital Territory, Onitsha and Nnewi.

27. During his tenure and with his Government's support, Anambra State became an oil producing State.

28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State.

29. His government commenced the development of the 'Three Arms Zone' comprising Government House/Governor’s Lodge, Legislative Building/Speakers Residence, and Judiciary Building with Chief Judge’s Residence.

30. By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health institutions, including two hospitals, had secured accreditation; when we took off in 2006, no health institution in Anambra State was duly accredited.

31. Anambra State was the first to undergo national peer review, which scrutinised State Governments for good governance, through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the DFID..

TAKE AWAY:

1. He ran the most secured state in Nigeria during his tenure. Former IGP Abubarkar gave him 5 years accollades of the most secured state back to back for 5 years.

2. The minister of works then gave him the best accolade of a governor that built 800km of road network in 8years

3. Educationally , He met Anambra at 26th position in 2006 and left it at 1st by 2014 when he was leaving.

4. He was the only governor that met the millennium development goal in Nigeria in both education and health. In fact , Milinda and bill gate foundation gave him a personal gift of 1 million dollar for his achievement. Which he dropped in the state account rather than putting in his own private account.

5. He is the only former governor today that does not collect pension, gratuity, land gift and allowances since he left the govt in 2014.

6. When he became SEC chairman under President Jonathan, he told SEC to hold back all his allowance and entitlement as a Board chairman . He left without nothing. He said he does not need them.

When he was chairman of fidelity bank , he was entitled to two brand new cars annually. He told the board. I don't need them. Let me just come for meetings and go home.

You can only be angry with him. You cannot change the facts.

Here's a link to some projects executed and completed by Peter Obi as governor of Anambra State?

https://www.nairaland.com/7313723/some-projects-done-peter-obi

I think we should be asking Reno Omokri every morning "have you spoken about Peter Obi today?" incase he forgot..

Reno Omokri, Onanuga and all APC supporters (supporters of evil and hardship) always talk about Peter Obi even on issues that doesn't concern him...if he talks they complain if he doesn't talk they still complain, does this imply that Peter Obi is the most influencial Nigerian alive? he has more influence than President Tinubu.

I pray that my enemies always look forward to hearing from me...Amen.

CommonSense1967:
Yeah, very special HYPOCRITE.

Peter Obi is not even paying shishi to rent an apartment in your head...you always think about him whether he speaks or his is silent...

Babangidapikin:
Maybe the husband broda ..but even at that allow the man to get to heaven first ... and be through with all earthly things ...

Abeg, how long does it take to get to heaven by air?

helinues:
Mugu is seeking for cheap attention

Why aren't you tagging him as Emeka or Ipob like the rest of we Omoluabi's who criticize Tinubu government? Oh i forgot, Hunger knows no tribe.

Check very well, he is an agbado urchin that voted for Tinubu, citizens are now selling their blood and sperm thanks to Tinubulation...most of the brainless urchins that voted for Tinubu in 2023 will probably not be alive in 2027 to vote for Tinubu again...hunger go don kill dem finish.

Paraman:
If you know someone living in Burkina Faso, talk to the person so he will tell you the reality on ground in the country.

SadiqBabaSani:
stop praising nonsense, Burkina ain't making much progress since these military guys actually took over

They are far better than Nigeria now...Is Nigeria making any progress? Be honest.

CommonSense1967:

The Agulu packaged fraudster is speechless because he will only be making a fool of himself as usual
The pandora pathological liar was Governor for 8 years and the IPOB terrorist cannibal retard didn't conduct local government elections for 7 years.
Obi is epitome of failure that IPOB retards masquerading as Obi - diots are trying to repackage for ignorant Nigerians ad a messiah

ALTERNATEID:
Wetin una wan person wey chop Anambra LGAs money for 7.5 years to talk? Baba run Anambra LGAs with caretaker for over 7 years only to conduct election about 6 months to the end of his tenure.

He can’t tweet against the judgement considering the widespread support the decision has received and he can’t tweet in support as it would be hypocritical of him. He will sit this one out till the noise is over.

yarimo:
Bitter Peter OBI doesn't like the progress of Nigeria and Nigerians . Very unfortunate man

yarimo:
comrade

Amotolongbo:
He hasn’t talked cos he doesn’t believe in the autonomy of the Local Government. He is only interested in a one man show

rayvelez:
His silence confirms the belief that he is always quick to tweet unverified news about the Tinubu administration or our country[i][/i][b][/b]
I’m also surprise baba never tweet about the news but he’s already drafting a condolence message to jos school collapse and killing of school wards.

Judolisco:
Obi is silent because he didn't conduct any local government elections in 7 yrs as governor

It is only when you are important people look forward to hearing from you even your enemies too...they are even making it look like Peter Obi is the only former Governor Nigeria ever had...Peter Obi is indeed very special.

politicoNG:
Bayo Onanuga

He just confirmed Peter Obi is a threat to APC...a single man given Federal Government nightmares.

UpaIweka:
So Obi chose his stooges as chairman 2 month to leaving office for Obiano is that what you are implying or you are just labouring hard in vain to prove you are foolish obidient ipob.

Yes, Peter Obi is the only former Governor in Nigeria.

UpaIweka:
So Obi chose his stooges as chairman 2 month to leaving office for Obiano is that what you are implying or you are just labouring hard in vain to prove you are foolish obidient ipob.

Read the post again or should I translate in your local dialect...name one Governor past or preset who isn't guilty of SELECTING a local government chairman. Na only Peter Obi una nightmare una go mention.

Point of correction, why are you people always behaving like you have brain tumour? Anybody critical of your views is automatically an ipob...someone you haven't met before in a faceless forum, your daftness is just incurable.

helinues:
Abi oo, let those who have been claiming to be more developed should show us what their ordinary LG chairmen are doing

Na today I know sey inferiority complex dey worry you, you can't contribute positively without mentioning some people...na dem be your problem? Drop your comment and move on with your empty life.

kedeojo:
They can't, the first open Jubilation is from a local government in Abia state. That speak so much to the governor they said is now the best in the country. Lagos state witness the only true democracy in the LG since 1999.

Na jealousy dey worry this one abi na wetin, the thread is about Kosofe lga in LAGOS STATE...wetin concern South East for this matter now? If dem start to claim Lagos na no mans land una go dey vex.

Reno the white bearded he goat.

I saw a thread on front page where freelance diaspora twitter attack dog named Reno Omokri accused Peter Obi of not conducting local government election during his tenure as governor of Anambra state (I didn't even bother opening the thread to read his usual rubbish) Of course, it has to be the special Peter Obi living rent free in Reno Omokri's head.

Everybody knows ALL Governors past or present "SELECT" their stoog as local government chairman but because the only way Reno Omokri's fading voice can be heard is to single out his nightmare Peter Obi for the blame...he doesn't have the guts to call out Tinubu the chief kingmaker of Lagos State that everyone is aware of.

Reno Omokri keeps proving how shameless and classless he is...Peter Obi's continued silence keeps tormenting Reno...SILENCE IS INDEED THE BEST ANSWER FOR A FOOL.

zkm3:
Two men or two women decide to swing one way in their privacy, how does it affect you? Someone says he or she is bi, why is it a problem? Someone is confused about their gender, why does it concern you?

Why not do your own and let them do their own and everyone is happy?

LGBTQ are human beings and have rights to life, love, employment, association, security and the same human rights every human being has. How has their decision to be LGBTQ affected anyone? If you are uncomfortable with their choice, stay away from them or relate with them as human beings that they fundamentally are.

What rights do LGBTQ have that are strange? If they want to marry, they can go to countries where such things are allowed. If they want to adopt children, they can be refused if extant laws do not permit it. Infact, by being LGBTQ, they already forfeit the rights to have children and must not force the system to give them those rights.

So those shouting anti-LGBTQ rights, be bold to explain those rights to us and how they harm you.

I am against teaching children LGBTQ in schools, I am against forcing everyone to jump on the LGBTQ train. I am against moral policing of LGBTQ if other societal ills cannot be policed with the same level of hatred.

The way those who attack LGBTQ, why don't they attack bad governance, social corruption like politicians pocketing money meant for all of us, governors appointing local government caretaker chairmen as if those ones are their employees, governors disrespecting Supreme Court judgements, civil servants corruptly drawing salaries while abroad, Nigerians supporting political criminals because they get crumbs from their loots? Are those issues less volatile than LGBTQ?

LGBTQ too need to stop fighting everyone as if there is supposed to be a winner. let them do their things in their privacy and respect other people who are not LGBTQ.

DISCLAIMER: I am not LGBTQ or pro-LGBTQ; I am pro-humanity, pro-choice and pro-commonsense. Having worked with someone with L, my conclusion is that human beings are what they are. A bad person remains a bad person irrespective of sexual orientation, while a good person remains a good person irrespective of his orientation. The woman who was an L was one of those who promoted me in my career.

The Lesbian that promoted you explains why you are defending her type with long epistle and if possible with your life...normal things.

Antoeni:
If you save ₦20 everyday, it will be

₦20 × 7 = ₦140 per week

₦140 × 30 = ₦4,200 per month.

₦4,200 × 365= ₦1,533,000 per year.

I care about you. Be wise and start saving now, 20 naira means a lot. Don’t sleep on it.

dem supposed flog you and your maths teacher...20x365 is 7300.

seunmsg:
Kudos to the Supreme Court for this landmark judgement. Only rogue governors and former governors will be against the judgement. Local Government should not to tied to the apron spring of the governors. We've seen how rogue governors like Peter Obi ruled for 8 years without conducting local government election. They collect every single kobo belonging to the LGAs and then set up a useless transition committee that are un-elected and then give them peanut to operate. Any one that is against this judgement is an enemy of Nigeria.

Kudos to the AGF and Mr. President for this.

Supporting Ibori an exconvict who looted his state treasury to abuse a former governor that saved a lot of money for his state before leaving...you nor well true true.

helinues:
All of you fake people lose, including you DJ burn everything down

If Eniola Badmus wasn't part of the protest at the Lekki toll gate, wasn't even close to the venue, who then are the people who posted her photos to have been killed by police during the protest?

The Nigeria flags blood stained, who are the people who used that as blood of the Lekki toll gate victims when the flag was used for a theatre play?

All those photoshop photos was released the night of the said event while they are all fake. Have you bother to question the people behind that?

Anyone still believing any massacre happened at Lekki toll gate should check in into the nearest hospital for brain check up

You will easily win the award of the most useless nairalander alive with zero competition.

helinues:
All of you fake people lose, including you DJ burn everything down

If Eniola Badmus wasn't part of the protest at the Lekki toll gate, wasn't even close to the venue, who then are the people who posted her photos to have been killed by police during the protest?

The Nigeria flags blood stained, who are the people who used that as blood of the Lekki toll gate victims when the flag was used for a theatre play?

All those photoshop photos was released the night of the said event while they are all fake. Have you bother to question the people behind that?

Anyone still believing any massacre happened at Lekki toll gate should check in into the nearest hospital for brain check up

Agent of the devil, may the soul of those that were killed haunt you...everything is politics in your head. Very soon Nigeria will happen to you anywhere you are on this planet, when sarki was supporting evil here on nairaland evil visited him when his brother was kidnapped, he went through hell and begged with tears...he used to claim kidnappings happening in Nigeria was staged to give the government a bad name until it happened to him..

When your own happens nobody will believe you same way you don't believe people were killed at #endsars protest...we too will tell you you used Photoshop.

Finesse247:
If Messi wins this Copa America. I don't ever want to hear Messi Ronaldo argument again. Even World Cup is enough to stop the argument

He won the competition last year na, they are current holders...Messi world cup win already settled that argument te te.

Righteousness2:
So many Mysteries in the Earth we live in.
The Human brain and mind cannot fully Comprehend or understand the acts and wonders of the ALMIGHTY GOD in creating and innovating the Earth.
Its only what GOD allows man to see or know, that we can see or know.

Be it as it may! Whatever you find or you dont find in your Soujourn on this Earth, Ensure you Find JESUS CHRIST.
Ensure you BELIEVE and SURRENDER your life to JESUS CHRIST.

This World is winding up so fast.
The Signs of the times are Wide and Clear Everywhere. In the sun , moon, stars, the Earth, etc.
Get ready Ladies and Gentlemen! The World is at the Verge of Full Explosion of Hell on Earth.

The Rapture is the Restrainer. It is at the Door!
Get ready Folks! Live Ready! JESUS CHRIST IS about show upil in the Skies.

You are already on your way to hell for your deceit, you create a thread with one moniker and comment below with another moniker to deceive people.

You actually believe there are mansions in the sky, if they use the toilet they will pure the shits on your emty skulls here on earth

Glimpsetv:
A Nigerian lady has caused a stir online by posting a video of herself crying and expressing her desire to find a husband.

The woman, who said she is 39 years old, expressed her frustration with being single and her concern about soon entering menopause. Through her tears, she stated that she doesn't care what profession the man has, whether he is a wheelbarrow pusher, a beggar, or a conductor. She is ready to sponsor everything, including the wedding. She said, "Please com

e and marry me. I am tired of being single; I will sponsor the wedding."

She said, "I am tired of men coming into my life, having sex with me, and then leaving...........”



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBY-TSHtfBQ

I am sure I am not the only person that find it annoying when you use AI voice as a voice over, can't you just narate with your natural voice? It is even more annoying when AI keeps mentioning Nigeria like there's no married woman alive here again.

javascript1901:
I know NATO is more powerful. Russia will suffer more. That was how Japan was proofing stubborn back then, till they bomb them

You think US can try that shit if Japan also have nuclear bombs?

The US can only bark at Russia and too afraid of an unavoidable direct confrontation with Russia...Russia has more nuclear bombs than America and Britain combined.

ruggedtimi:
it will try for air to air battle and is less expensive to operate.

another waste of money, they will all be shut down by Russia.

FreeStuffsNG:
You are Igbo

If you are not Igbo you would have read that I referred to the rest of Nigerians and not only Igbo. The campaign was very popularly called oso Abiola by the Igbo. If you know what other Nigerian tribes call their own mass migration out of Lagos during the June 12 , 1993 campaign for de-annulment of the Presidential election result, please tell me. I want to learn sir.
It is a sad fact that Lagos was abandoned. We had nowhere to go so stayed back to build our state.

Have you asked yourself why you quickly tag someone you don't know or haven't met in real life on a faceless forum igbo just because they have an opposing view? You think it is only the igbos that didn't vote Tinubu or you think some of us Yorubas didn't vote for Peter Obi...abeg, stop this sense of reasoning.

FreeStuffsNG:
Lagos State’s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated at $137 billion – $145 billion. Forget whether it is fourth or fifth largest on the continent, pay attention to what that size means: Bigger than Kenya’s $113.4 billion econom, Ghana’s $74 billion GDP, and Ethiopia’s $127 billion economy.

Every serious business has its headquarters or at least a major branch in Lagos. Headquarters of all the major financial institutions from banks to insurance companies are in Lagos.

Whether you are a foreigner or Nigerian, I urge you to please bring your investments to Lagos State.
Your investments are safe and you're guaranteed of a working business environment with great returns on investment and the best investor-friendly experience in Nigeria and Africa.

Please join others already doing so.
Lagos is the right place to site your investments. You, your family and investments are safe in Lagos.

We overcame all the adversities of dilapidated/obsolete failed eyesore FG infrastructures, ghost town Lagos CBDs, filth, bomb blasts, OPC/Hausa wars, ravaging Atlantic Ocean, state sponsored assassination of Yoruba leaders etc when the rest of Nigeria abandoned Lagos for their Yoruba host after the annulment of June 12, 1993 and relocation of federal capital away from Lagos. They trooped en masse to their villages and states mocking us that it was over for us. Today, we are happy that we reveresd things in Lagos and it is no more Oso Abiola in Lagos, it's now reverse. Our state is now courted by same people and their descendants who mocked Lagos then. We and our parents did it! We are grateful to God and few other Nigerians and foreigners who stood by us during the low ebb period of our city. We are building our own Lagos state-owned state of the art world class ports, bridges, teaching hospitals, airports etc today.

If you are a non-Yoruba, when you relocate your investment to Lagos, my advice for you is to stay off the local Lagos Yoruba politics, do not go into illegitimate and criminal business, face your investments, give back to your Lagos host community in form of corporate social responsibility, do not destroy the environment, respect and live at peace with your Yoruba host and watch how Yorubaland will bless you , your family and investment with great returns far beyond your expectations!

This is the best time for you to relocate your investment to Lagos.
May God continue to bless Lagos State and Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

After writing good of Lagos you just have to be tribalistic to massage your predictable ego...You always see igbos in your dreams day and night you cannot stop mentioning them despite Nigeria having 371 other tribes...That makes the igbos VERY important.

I am Yoruba before you tag someone you don't know igbo for not agreeing with you.