₦airaland Forum

Mrexcell:
It wasn't dr. maduka that was made igwe but his brother.

Thank you for the correction.

Galactics:
Not by the Nigerian government. It is a case of one man waking up one morning and changing the name of his ancestral town from Nkerehi to Umuchukwu, because he has made money. He even went ahead to install his younger brother as the Igwe of the community. That man is no other person than Dr Godwin Maduka.

While he was building the massive projects, where were those disputing the name change?
While he was giving scholarships and sending their children abroad, where were those disputing the name change?
While he was spending his personal money, where were they?
While he was bringing Anambra state government’s presence, where were they all? Surely they were hiding their own resources and bewitching the community.

They should be grateful to have Dr. Maduka in the community, who has done so well and projected the community positively to the world.

Goldforever:
What the Supreme Court actually decided:
The Supreme Court did NOT give a final judgment confirming the name change from Nkerehi to Umuchukwu.

The case before the Supreme Court was only an interlocutory appeal (a preliminary issue), not the main case.
Specifically, the appellants were trying to stop (prohibit) the government from conducting a referendum on the name change.
👉 The Supreme Court outcome:
The appeal was dismissed (because it was withdrawn by the appellants).

What that decision legally means
The ruling only confirmed that the government can conduct a referendum on whether to change the community’s name.
It did NOT settle the main dispute about whether the name should legally be Nkerehi or Umuchukwu.

Status of the main case
The substantive issue (actual name change) is still pending at the Anambra State High Court (Aguata).

That means:
The legality of the gazette changing the name is still being challenged.
No final Supreme Court pronouncement has been made on that core issue.
Why there is confusion
Some reports claimed the Supreme Court “affirmed the name change.”
That interpretation comes from the fact that:
Lower court decisions favoring the process were not overturned.
Legally:
No final determination on the name itself has been made by the Supreme Court.

🧾 Simple summary
❌ Supreme Court did NOT finally decide “Umuchukwu vs Nkerehi.

✅ Supreme Court only dismissed an appeal about stopping a referendum.
⚖️ The real case about the validity of the name change is still in court (High Court Aguata).

The UPU PG was wrong there was not such judgement from supreme court. The Nkerehi side withdrawal of the appeal is the only reason the case was struck out and a fine awarded. Explain - Supreme Court stage (Recent development)
The case reached the Supreme Court of Nigeria — BUT:
Only on a preliminary issue (interlocutory appeal)
👉 What happened:
The appellants (Nkerehi side) withdrew the appeal
The Supreme Court dismissed the case
Costs were awarded against the appellants

What the Supreme Court decision really means, It did NOT decide:
Whether the town is legally Umuchukwu or Nkerehi, It ONLY means:
The earlier rulings allowing processes like referendum were not stopped
🔴 Current legal status (VERY IMPORTANT)
The main case is STILL pending at:
Anambra State High Court, Aguata
👉 That case will decide:
Whether the gazette is valid

Whether the community is legally:
✅ Umuchukwu or Nkerehi
⚠️ Key takeaway (no confusion)
❌ Supreme Court has NOT given final judgment on the name
✅ The dispute is STILL legally unresolved
⚖️ Final authority now lies with the High Court decision (unless appealed again later) People must stop this act of misinterpreting laws without understanding what the law means. This case has a long way to go unless the two groups comes together to bury their sword for peace to reign on both sides. Thank you

Thank you very much for this explanation of the matter.

I noticed someone who said that it was the decision of one man who had made money to change the name of the town from Nkerehi to Umuchukwu? Is it possible for such to happen, at least without the contribution of certain very influential people in the town?

Nkerehi sounds like an elephant and I can assume that those who chose the new path of name change could have felt that Nkerehi had to do with a diabolical past, which they want to erase.

In preserving the name Nkerehi, are the supporters feeling that their identity is getting wiped away? If the name Nkerehi is not in tandem with the present realities in the community, is it not appropriate to change the name? The community looks nice from recent images posted.

Some towns have in the past effected nane changes. Ahaba changed to Asaba. Agbadagiri changed to Badagry. Gwosh changed to Jos. Bonny from Okoloama, Port harcourt from Igwe ocha, etc.

Notice that the man accused of using money to change the narrative of the community, has played a very massive role in making the town a beautiful place. Making him the Igwe must have been in recognition of his efforts to his people and community.

shortgun:
Peter Obi graduated with second class 2:2 not third class.
Disregard the propaganda by APC touts on this forum.

You do not even have to bother.

Sir Richard Branson never went to university, yet he owns Virgin Atlantic among other businesses.
Orji Uzor Kalu did not complete his university and he became both a governor and a senator.

Some of the biggest billionaires in the world never attended university, not to talk of third class.

The late Steve Jobs, who confounded Apple, Mark Zukerberg, Larry Ellison, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, the Late Buhari, who it was said never attended a secondary school for that matter, Cosmos Maduka, Arthur Eze, Mohammed Indimi, Femi Otedola, Razak Okoya, etc. The man on seat now has not shown us his secondary school.

Youths on this forum who do not know where they are coming from, or where they are going in life, mock a well made who employs thousands of people and lives a very decent and corruption free life.

Dem take am do APC supporters.

aremubabs:
Do you even know the meaning of millions?

Even Dangote who is the largest employer of labour in the private sector has only 30,000 employees across its business units.

UBA has around 25,000 employees.

MTN Group has around 20,000 employees across 18 markets in Africa. Its biggest African market is Nigeria where it employs under 10,000 employees.

How many stores does Obi have that you want to claim that he pays the salaries of millions of employees?

Make una dey take am easy with the hyping of this Peter Obi o.

You ignorantly quickly jumped at the mention of millions, without allowing commonsense let you know that it was supposed to be thousands.

And you have not taken time to find out that Obi’s businesses are not limited to your assumed “stores”? Take your time without bias to read Obi’s business profile and tell yourself the truth. No one hypes a man whose very incontrovertible credentials speak for themselves. No decent person wants to have leaders, who rather than use the common patrimony to make societies better, choose to enrich themselves and their families, living the citizens in worse state than they met them.

Do you know how it feels like to live in decent societies free from corrupt leadership?

Did I not hear “ebi n pawa” by one youth there? Na Obi come be baba wey dem vote for wey come take hunger finish them? Which one be everytime na ebi n pawa for these people mouth sef?

This is the first of such judgements by a state high court to my knowledge. How the judge hurriedly passed the judgement, wanting the woman to pay one billion beggars belief. It is true that if not properly handled, Bello can get an order of the court to seize her properties. However, knowing Senator Natasha, she will not pay one dime. Next is the appeal court and Supreme Court.

AdolfHitlerxXx:
With a 3rdClass a beg, which lecture you dey go deliver?

Just go to a center of MiraKuru and speak

Third class and yet pays the salaries of thousands of people? Dangote employs Professors and PhD holders while he is not the most educated in his own organization.

A poor man thinks always in poor ways and always projects everyone to be poor like him. Na poor ma thinking dey worry you.

While you may not have shishi in your pocket, you may do well to help yourself by applying for a job with Mr. Peter Obi.

With your first class, where are you in life today? Remember that when Obi was younger than your present age, he was already very rich.

Akpakomiza, what do you have to say? Is it true or false?

Now she has to pay the entire bill. With no such amount in her account, she will leave her car and source the entire amount alone. The guy recovered his initial 200k when he did not pay a dime tab the second meeting. Na him chop free.

That’s how some years ago, one young lady met with a young man in Okokomaiko. They walked together to a beer parlour. Note that they met for the first time at the bus stop and went straight to a beer parlour. She ordered big stout and cow tail peppersoup three times. The guy ordered one bottle of star and a plate of goat peppersoup. A few minutes later into the sitting together, the guy excused himself to pee. When he did not return after some time, the very observant beer parlour madam approached the lady to ask her about her “boyfriend”. The lady confidently said “e go piss”. After over one hour and bros did not return, madam handed over the bill to the lady. When questioned she stated that they only met at the bus stop and she brought him there to enjoy herself. The lady no get shishi to pay. The beer parlour madam collected her phone, neckchain, wristwatch and scandals. The greedy lady was given bathroom slippers to wear. The next day, she returned to pay.

Long story short, greedy ladies need to learn lessons the hard way. This one go know say 1m no be today. A look at the Corolla car will show that a man purchased it for her. She no get work.

With 1k you no fit buy beans and bread eat belleful.
With 1k you no fit eat one plate of rice, beans, plantain and meat chop belleful.
With 1k to go work and return not possible, you must trek to complete am.

Na wetin Nigerians see since 2014 under APC government.

So tay Oyibo don see Nigeria finish.

Left borrow.
Right borrow.
Front borrow.
Back borrow.
So tay dem “borrow” money wey dey dormant account.
China borrow.
USA borrow.
Saudi Arabia borrow
Abeg one day we go hear say dem borrow for Equitorial Guinea or Benin Republic.

Wetin we do APC since 2014?
This baba said “I am Buhari”. He promised to continue Buhari’s legacies. He “stopped” subsidies. Nigerians enter better suffering wey come pass Buhari own.

APC abeg na. Una don try reach abeg. One day una go borrow for pikin wey dem just born.

SmartyPants:
Idle people will just sit down and cook up fantasies to feed the masses. If you believe a word of this story, contact me for your free airport. It comes with a bonus fairly used national stadium but you will pay something small for the stadium.

You got it absolutely. I agree that she just cooked up something to trend. She got a good story and people fell for it, hook, line and sinker.

LagosOrigin:
The judgement must be transparent

Judgement must be passed without fear or favour.

It is now said that the citizens have lost trust in the judiciary. Some say the judiciary has been bought over. If trust is lost and there is the belief that the judiciary is not independent or bought, people would simply take what they see and move on.

So while your hope is that the Supreme Court out one favors you, some are out the on the other side, wishing that it favors them.

In all, politicians have made complete mockery of our democracy.

Gerrard59:
I know about living in Asia as I'm a resident in Japan. I'm just looking at the aspect of living as a family man (fully Black). Maybe, I'm the one thinking too much and too far. Thailand and Singapore are the best in my opinion. Yes, the weather is conducive for West Africans.

Of course, anyone who commits crimes in another man's country has him or herself to blame.

cc: For some reasons, you omitted Indonesia.
Any particular reason?

Oh that’s great to know that you are resident in Japan.

As a family man in Malaysia, you have peace of mind. No one harassed you. The challenge as a black man is the repeated tendency you commit crime. One day it is drugs, the next it is fraud or cultism. However policing is good and the country is very safe.

As a family man, you can feel free, move around with no harassment. Night time is peaceful and you can shop at 7 Eleven which opens twenty four hours a day.

Those who carry out legitimate businesses are our citizens from the SE. They largely own the warehouses from where they genuinely carry out their export businesses without harassments. Also Nigerians are employers of labour and they pay minimum wage. You can set up your own factory, manufacture and export to Africa! The cost of living is very reasonable too.

Don’t think too far.

Definitely, Singapore is more beautiful and better organized than Malaysia and Thailand put together. When you talk about Singapore, you are looking at one of the five most beautiful places to visit.

Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam no follow for this matter my brother. Peace of mind is very crucial. Instead of living in Indonesia, please jejely find your way to India or remain in Nigeria. If Nigeria too hard, pack your load go Ghana, Mozambique or Angola.

Finding its way to the Southwest and finally confirm that they have overrun the entire federation. Determination that there must be no peace nationwide, as long as killing and kidnapping brings huge sums of money to them.

When will government put appropriate measures in place please?

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

You did not look away and you did not discipline yourself. You are simply not serious about it. You are only waiting for some drastic news about your health before you can put an end to the habit.

It is all about your mind and nothing else.
Simply say NO MORE and that is it. You do not look away when you see it. Make a firm, wholehearted decision and that ends it. With a firm decision, no urge will make you take a sip. The same should go for other sugary drinks and alcohol. Replace them all with water. A simple but firm decision will end it.

Gerrard59:
Well, Malaysia is not a place I would recommend for an average or even above average African to live in unless sponsored as a scholar to study at one of its best universities or to learn modern day oil palm plantations. The country has never crossed my mind as a place to live. Nonetheless, I admire and respect them for what they have built for themselves.

You can live there in peace as long as you can get documents. No one troubles you. Do not engage in drug trafficking or any form of illegality. It’s a free and beautiful country. Very easy going people. Good places to visit too with very good currency.

Too many Nigerians live and carry on legitimate businesses there. They have genuine visas and live with their families. You can also get business visas and so on.

The weather is the same as Nigeria. The same weather happening at the same time just like Nigeria. Let’s say the weather is carbon copy of Nigeria’s weather. You will love it out there. Respect yourself and do not pass your boundary as a foreigner. You are safer there than India, where you can be beaten with cricket bats if you commit crimes, or just for nothing. The same goes for China, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. They are good countries to live. In Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, you can enjoy peppersoup fish just like Nigeria, steaming hot. Avoid crimes and you will spend your entire life in peace in those countries. You will also earn well.

Avoid India, Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. Poverty go bend you life in those countries. The citizens travel to other countries in search of jobs.

Pacesetter123:
The report says she used Oman registered company to carry out the business.
So you talking about "illegal arm dealer" .
Can you establish that the company doesn't have a license in trading on arms?
The point I was trying to stress was that,she is not carrying out the trade in her country of residence since she is not licensed to do so there.
So as I am staying in Nigeria here now for instance,I don't have license to deal on arms .
But I am a shareholder in arms dealing company in Togo.
Then our company has a trade agreement with the government of Singapore to be supplying arms to Ethiopia.
And I used the licensed company which I am a shareholder in Togo to supply the arms Singapore government to the government of Ethiopia.
Note,the word "government " and not "Terrorist Organization".
I don't deal on it in Nigeria soil bcuz it would amount to illegality since I don't have license to do so here.
So,in what way is that my transaction affecting Nigeria now?

Take note of 3 things here;
*The foreign company is a registered company and it's operating where it is recognized.
**Iran ,as the supplier,authorizes the sales.
***Sudan,as the buyer ,has the right to buy the arms to defend its territorial integrity.

So,I ask again,what offence has the woman committed now against the US,the country of her residence?

Then you said further that I am not in a position to determine if the arms get to non-state actors.
Didn't you see in the article that she sold the arms to the "Sudanese government"?
The US government that is giving the report,so you know more than them?

Are you deliberately avoiding very clear facts in the subject as posted?

Read the below once again:

“Meanwhile, prosecutors said Mafi had no legal clearance to oversee the alleged dangerous weapon sales.

A previous investigation revealed that Tehran seized properties that Mafi inherited from her father in 2020, according to court records.

The Ministry of Intelligence then told her to open a business in the US to buy the properties back from the Iranian government, court records stated.

According to prosecutors, Iran also offered to pay for her start-up costs.

Mafi allegedly said that she is 'more useful' to the Iranian spies in Tehran than in the US, prosecutors said”

If she has no license to deal in arms, it is immaterial at that point, as long as she was a resident of the USA. Again, it does not matter if she was in the USA, as most countries do not permit that. Infact it is illegal in most countries worldwide and I can bet you, it includes Iran.

You cannot say that you are an arms dealer, resident in Nigeria, without a valid licence to carry out your practice and not get arrested by the DSS. You certainly would be tagged a terrorism sponsor. You can verify that.

There is a reason why you must have a federal firearms license in America. The reason is for accountability. Engaging in the business of selling firearms, manufacturing, or importing arms for profit without a Federal Firearms License (FFL) is a federal crime in the United States of America. Without a license in Nigeria, it is illegal, as contravenes the firearms act.

That is her offence once again.

To add misery to herself, she admitted her offence and stated that she’s “more useful” to spies in Iran. She clearly exposed herself as a person of particular interest, especially with the fact that she’s Iranian and her country of birth is at war with the USA. She will face jail time, cancellation of her citizenship and deportation after jail.

That she sold firearms to the Sudanese government further implicated her. Have you forgotten the challenges in Sudan? You cannot say who among them in Sudan, for example, usually received her wares. How can you say that non state actors did not benefit from the sales? The same goes for Iran where she was used by her government and now dumped. The same government that treats women as slaves and human shields, turns to the same women for such crooked jobs. Where do boko haram and other terrorist grouped get their arms from? Certainly they are not the manufacturers. Arms dealers do the job.

“It said: “The coalition leadership is not having any such conversation with any political party at the moment.”

So there’s a possibility to have the talks if the courts rule in favour of the Gombe man and his group.

EponObi:
I've never seen this kind of opposition before.

Shambles. Everywhere in shambles.

Deadline is barely 20 days away and they are still considering jumping into another party. Election is 8-9 months away, yet no stable platform, no plan, no roadmap, Nigerians don't even know where they stand.

Lol

Oma se ooooo.

Yea, Tinubu is the curse. Thunder fire Tulumbu. 😂

Shambles because a so called democrat who climbed the democratic ladder to success, makes democracy look like militocracy.

PRP invited ADC and presented the platform as a viable option. This is politics. It is about arithmetics and calculations. They can leave ADC and move on if that should solve the problem.

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. Trump is playing checkers on your heads.

You are obviously ignorant about the true events. The only two ships shot were Indian vessels.

Sorry bro, you sound more ignorant of the events in the Middle East. He was correct. Aside from the Indian vessels, several bullets fired by Iranian forces were fired at a French ship and a British cargo ship, which was an inappropriate move considering the cease fire. You need to prove that you have better knowledge.

I advise you to take some time to study the Middle East since the medieval days. For the purpose of this matter, narrow your study to the period from 1890 to 1979. Thereafter look at contemporary events since 1979 till date with no bias. Study the Cold War. Study the two power blocs and their roles in Iran. Study why the Americans got to Iran under the Shahs. Study the role previously of the USSR in Iran before and after the Cold War.

While you study, please do not expose your bias as an Islamist. Keep your mind open and tell us what you studied.

By the way, how is it that every country where the radical Islamists have ventured into, they have either ruined it or attempted to ruin it?

Why is it that every country with honest and incorrigible leaders, who have come into contact with the West, are well developed?

Why have certain countries rejected that religion and its followers vehemently?

Kobicove:
Most of the people supporting Israel actually think this is a religious war.

For your info this Israel is not the same as the one in the bible

It is not your business which version of Israel
Is in existence. You know nothing about it, so do venture into a topic that you lack knowledge about. Maybe you want to tell us that the Iranians are not the same Persians in the same Bible that we know and. Face your Quran jejely.

And with your little education, you do not know that it is religious war hidden under an irresponsible and wicked ideology?

With your little education, you cannot read between the lines?

With your little education and little social media exposure, you do not hear radical Islamists say that America and Europe MUST surrender to Islam or get killed? Or that Islam MUST take over the whole world? Or you do not hear of the word “jihad”?

With your little education, you do not assume that educated people are here who you can learn from?

Thankfully the Europeans and Americans are waking up and beginning to understand the menace of some violent people who hide under Islam to perpetrate wickedness. Hopefully also the evil people will be pushed out from Nigeria and the country can have some peace again.

Kobicove:
See one of them here!

Most Americans have voiced their displeasure about this war but ignorant Nigeria who don't have up to 1 million to their name are so exited about the war which is making petrol more expensive and indirectly taking money away from their pockets.

It is because of this senseless war that Trump started that there is a disruption in the supply chain of the energy industry to the extent that some international airlines are cancelling flights and scaling back operations.

Don't worry, if the global economy goes into recession as a result you sef wey dey Nigeria go feel am.

I dey pity you!

First you must pity yourself.

Trump started a senseless war? And Iran sensibly planned to destroy the same America and Israel since 1979 right? The radical Islamists meticulously executed killings all around the world since 1979 and common sense tells you that no one should fight them back? Commonsense does not tell you that Iran first started the war forty seven years ago? Maybe some of you read your own stories the other way round. Maybe the plan for apocalypse by you group makes you assume that people are incapable of reasoning properly? Maybe you think that the rest of the world should be imprisoned by the Mullahs, who have used ideology hidden under religion, to confuse their people and enslave them.

While you accuse others who want to live in a peaceful world - in decent societies, free from terrorism, raping and killing of innocent women and children -, do not pretend that you are not worried.

While you accuse others of not thinking about expensive petrol in Nigeria, you blind yourself to the simple fact that your terrorist regime in Iran is the cause of it all. Your regime in Iran planned it all and waited carefully for a day like this when they would show the world of their capability to hold the world economy to ransom. You blind yourself to the fact of the same regime sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria and making the whole country unsafe. They planned it very well and played on the sentiments of their supporters and blind followers, labeling those who they have attacked for many years as genocidal. The cowards who stock in trade is to hide military weapons in the homes of innocent people, while they rest peacefully in their own homes. The evil people whose stock in trade is to use fellow humans and shields.

Dey sleep, dey get yeye hope.

God1000:
https://www.trtworld.com/article/3125801df3bb?

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
That aptly describes you and all those like you who live in illusion, believing that the despicable regime in Iran has the power that it pretends to show.

There was no such thing as drones attacking any American ship. Oga, if that happened, the war would have resumed immediately.

“ Iran has responded by describing the attack and hijack as an act of “piracy”, and threatened retribution. On Monday, hours after the attack and capture, Iran said it had no plans to send its negotiators for talks with the US in Islamabad.

https://aje.news/4yg3oc”


The above is from Al Jazeera, your Iran supporting news channel.

That’s all Iran could do. Call Trump a horrible name, while their cowards leaders are not able to e tire into street, talk less of traveling to Pakistan for the peace talk.

The Iranians just talked and no drones fired. You very well encourage them to restart the war.

Pacesetter123:
I don't support most of the Iranian government policies just as it's not all the American government policies that I supported expecially those Democrats regime,but on this particular case,I tend to support the woman side of the story.

The woman is into business.She has or let's say work for an Oman registered company and the arms deal she is doing is between two sovereign nations--Iran and Sudan.She is not supplying arms to non-state actors such as Hezbollah,Hamas,Houthis,Boko Haram,ISWAP,or ISIS.So,what is her offence?
The article says she risks a 20 year jail term if guilty.
And I ask,for what offence exactly?
She even said she has never spy on US security for Iran nor supply any weapon in American soil.
Trump is my man till tomorrow,but he should leave the woman alone to flex her life.She is a legit businesswoman.Free her!

“So, what is her offence exactly”?

Her offence is called unlicensed trading is arms aka illegal arms dealer.

As for supplying arms to non state actors, you are not in the position to determine who received the supplied arms.

While a lawful resident of the United States of America, she engaged in facilitating arms dealing with a hostile nation. She knew her offence as it was stated that she was routing her payments through Turkey and other countries. She knew that it was a federal offence, but the love of freedom in America made her continue what she would it have dated in Iran. Arm dealers have the license to carry out the business.

Maybe you did not read that your favorite terror regime in Iran blackmailed her to her into that trade. Her father’s inheritance was seized by the terror regime and they told her that her only escape route would be that business, registered in America as an American citizen, to enable her buy back the seized inheritance.

Blame her completely and not the decent American people.

falopey:
She’s living a good life not wearing burka in America yet want women in Iran to continue wearing burka. Hypocrisy of the highest level.

We should title this, “ back to burka”. She should wear her burka in peace once deported

No deportation for her yet bro.
She committed a crime in the USA. She will be tried and jailed in the USA. Jail time may be up to twenty years. Her citizenship will be cancelled. She will de deported upon completion of her sentence.

Gerrard59:
Sha, there are good jobs in Malaysia, but mainly for Malaysians, especially ethnic Malays and Chinese Malaysians. But yes, the racial discrimination is high there. But the country is pretty well run, way more than any African country anyway.

The question is: where are the jobs for African citizens with no documents? Where are the jobs for people who get in to the country with tourist visas which by the way, are the major visas obtained to travel there? Tourist visas are not extended after expiration. In two weeks from the day of your entry, you begin to hide from the authorities.

Chinese Malaysians are Malaysian nationals. Work permits are granted to Filipinos, who mainly work as Indonesians and people of other Asian countries who seek to work there, in the factories and as housekeepers. For Africans, it is a longer route, with student visas or the very expensive and almost impossible to afford ten year visas, avoiding to get into trouble while you wait.

Omooba77:
This is going to be a very big game.
#COYG........
Arsenal needs this game to put off resistance from Manchester City and win the EPL

Make or mar, as they call it. Arsenal MUST either win or draw the match. We got ourselves into this situation. A loss simply equates with handing the premiership title over to Man city. God forbid bad thing!