Crime › Re: Man Refuses To Be Arrested By SARS In Front Of Lagos Court. Photos by Emanodimo(m): 6:30pm On Apr 18, 2019 |
If that man can be arrested within a court premises like that , being roughly handled and bundled... There is no sanctity of human rights there.
I pray the guy is not guilty as claim.
so that he can stage legal war on SARS. |
Celebrities › Re: Open Letter To Daddy Freeze By Alexander Thandi Ubani by Emanodimo(m): 9:20pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
OkpaNsukkaisBae: History of who or what? History of King Louis XVI of France, 18th Century |
Crime › Re: Chuks Okebata: Police Arrest Killers Of US Army Veteran by Emanodimo(m): 7:31pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
soberdrunk: Why the guy dey go dey form Rambo?  I guess that was what happened before he got served. What a pathetic situation .... I don't know who to blame after a deep thought from why did you kidnapped him? .. Everyone will come out with a defensive script .... God guide us all . |
Christianity Etc › Re: Man Sent Out Of Palm Sunday Mass In Delta State by Emanodimo(m): 7:22pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
decatalyst: While I don't feel it is right for the "boy" to disrespect the "appointed" protocols, I am disappointed in the way some churches go about delivering the message of Christ Jesus these days!
Jesus welcomed everyone, the downtrodden, the poor, the rich, the homeless, the wealthy, the strong the weak...to be able to 'feed' them the word so that they may be healed, saved, blessed and go on to preach the Gospel.
The Church these days is going against the teachings and practice of Christ.
This is disheartening! I disagree with your "Jesus welcomed everyone, the downtrodden, the poor, the rich, the homeless, the wealthy, the strong the weak". If He does he wouldn't sent those gambler and marketers away from the temple that day .... That's to say there's time to let them know what it is rather appealing to their ego or stupidity. |
Celebrities › Re: Tiwa Savage Dances Wearing Bra by Emanodimo(m): 6:21pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
mytime24: Shame is out of stock  Yeahh .. Shame has never been part of a woman make up right from creation of human. Her body her problem. ...��� |
Romance › Re: How I Got To Know My Boyfriend Is Married With 2 Kids - Nigerian Lady by Emanodimo(m): 5:50pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
Something tells you to do a background checks, you listen and that helps you out to solve the puzzle . If you have ignored the red sign, that's the end .
Lucky that u listen. No madness or curse will work on him from you .
Cuz the same thing you listen to then, must have tell to ignore him and move on rather you are still playing along. ....Just hope u don't fall in love with him, that will just be the end of his deceit. |
Celebrities › Re: Noble Igwe's Tailor Arrested For Having Tattoos by Emanodimo(m): 5:42pm On Apr 14, 2019 |
NPF are simply telling us all no room for tattoos. Just like some Sch say no to indecent dressing. |
Education › Re: Anambra ‘technovation’ Girls, IFEST Boys Worth Billion Dollars – Silicon-valley by Emanodimo(m): 11:00pm On Apr 13, 2019 |
Congratulations ...
First of all, let them start to make use of that device first in Anambra follow by Abia state .. .Lot of originator of fake medicine as low as paracetamol and inventor of fake food products as much as Bama mayonnaise hail and do their business there in those two state. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Saudi Arabia Resorting To Death Penalty To Crush Opposition Figures: Amnesty by Emanodimo(m): 10:43pm On Apr 13, 2019 |
cherriton12: Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia is making use of the death penalty to crush opposition figures, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom. Thanks for doing that in summary . |
Politics › Re: IPOB Members React To Video Of Nnamdi Kanu, Wife Talking About Their Sex In Bed by Emanodimo(m): 8:49am On Apr 12, 2019 |
Someone close to him did that .. Let IPOB have a rethink . |
Celebrities › Re: Open Letter To Daddy Freeze By Alexander Thandi Ubani by Emanodimo(m): 6:42pm On Apr 11, 2019 |
" In his small mind, he's a king that does no wrong"....
Trust me no time to read that long post, but the above remind me of history...
All the same, no comment. |
Business › Re: Fire Guts Shops In Ogba, Millions Of Naira Worth Of Goods Destroyed (Pics) by Emanodimo(m): 11:28pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
pillarmaria: But there has been enough warning on refueling while the generator is on, the lady should be meant to pay for damages, No time for pity she was just careless and stupid. I once worked around there while I was learning graphic design, ladies around there will be waiting for one uncle mumu on the street to put on generator, carry it out of shop or refuel it for them. It's an act of laziness and being a stupid idiot led her to destroyed others fortune and properties . Some of them don't learn to be responsible, they are quick to learn irrelevant things of life. .. What a painful situation ... |
Politics › Re: Senate President, Saraki Meet Prime Minister Of Qatar, Sheikh Abdullah - Photos by Emanodimo(m): 11:14pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
What's the meeting about?
I don't understand the essence now that he is about to leave office.
It shows that the guy doesn't have homework to do . |
Romance › Re: Guys, Name That Thing Women Wear Which You Don’t Like by Emanodimo(m): 11:09pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
They are Folk with incomplete nature, so don't be surprised that are ready to wear anything to make them complete yet not satisfied but overdo. |
Politics › Re: NIS Deploys Tech, Mobile Patrols To Guard Porous Borders, Registering Migrants by Emanodimo(m): 10:22pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
NIS can only prove its effectiveness to control border crime not illegal migrants.
If NIS is ready, let the agency sample Borno, Adamawa & Kano as a case study....Let see how far they can differentiate Hausa in Niger, Chad and Cameroun from the one in Nigeria. . .. |
Politics › Re: NIS Deploys Tech, Mobile Patrols To Guard Porous Borders, Registering Migrants by Emanodimo(m): 10:20pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
Mutemenot: Come carry those ones at Lagos airport, they should be posted to Borno Bros, e be like say the ones at the airport don vex u. ���... NIS can only prove its effectiveness to control border crime not illegal migrants. If NIS is ready, let the agency sample Borno, Adamawa & Kano as a case study....Let see how far they can differentiate Hausa in Niger, Chad and Cameroun from the one in Nigeria. . .. |
Romance › Re: Nigerian Lady Hospitalized As Her Boyfriend Ditches Her To Marry Another by Emanodimo(m): 9:57pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
lefulefu: my brother its wickedness.instead of wasting lady's time why not just go for ur spec.ok me for example i like gehls who are average in size so then will it make sense for me to go for a lady as large as Eniola Badmus and be forcing her to reduce her weight? it wont make sense nau .all i had just do is go for a gehl that is my spec. ���.... Wickedness is just part of humanity . She equally has the choice to dump the guy, look for her like mind rather than wasting the guy time with a booking to remove the tattoos . |
Romance › Re: Nigerian Lady Hospitalized As Her Boyfriend Ditches Her To Marry Another by Emanodimo(m): 10:30pm On Apr 06, 2019 |
lefulefu: so she had to remove her tatoos and piercings to please d guy.its obvious d guy wasnt into tattoed ladies and ladies with piercings but still went ahead to date her and wen his real spec came along he dumped her. wickedness. The guy left her for the reason u mentioned. Some of them lives like that. They don't reason well that guy's know what are the good qualities of wife & mother. The guy just use her to wait for the right woman. Fine. ..Glory be to God. . |
Romance › Re: Nigerian Lady Hospitalized As Her Boyfriend Ditches Her To Marry Another by Emanodimo(m): 10:29pm On Apr 06, 2019 |
Holywizard: From her personal description...she's a wayward and a loose dog. Imagine piercings and tattoos. What if the guy is from a strong Christian background? . |
Romance › Re: Nigerian Lady Hospitalized As Her Boyfriend Ditches Her To Marry Another by Emanodimo(m): 10:28pm On Apr 06, 2019 |
Holywizard: From her personal description...she's a wayward and a loose dog. Imagine piercings and tattoos. What if the guy is from a strong Christian background? The guy left her for the reason u mentioned. Some of them lives like that. They don't reason well that guy's know what are the good qualities of wife & mother. The guy just use her to wait for the right woman. Fine. ..Glory be to God. . . |
Culture › Re: Ooni Of Ife: The Igbo Race Is First In The World To Discover, Nurture Wealth by Emanodimo(m): 11:29pm On Apr 04, 2019 |
Don't mind that Ooni of Ife, he has misfired again, overhyped and overbloated the same where he praise El-Rufai at the Kadinvest event held in Kaduna yesterday.
Abeg make him no mis yarn again. Isssokay |
Politics › Re: Army Graduates 152 Repented Boko Haram In Gombe State by Emanodimo(m): 11:54am On Apr 04, 2019 |
"Martins said the government was employing other non-combat approaches to fight the insurgents". -
Is recruitment of ex Boko Haram a non combantant approach ?
This is wrong step in a wrong direction.
It clearly shows that the NA lacks non-combantant IQ to solve the security problem.
Thanks . |
Crime › Re: Woman Burnt Her Granddaughter's Hand For Eating Noodles Without Consent (Graphic by Emanodimo(m): 10:43pm On Apr 03, 2019 |
Well, i ain't surprised that it happened at Edo. I can't comment further on the women folks. Lemme rest my case. |
Politics › Re: President Buhari Acknowledges Nigerians’ End SARS Outrage by Emanodimo(m): 10:12pm On Apr 03, 2019 |
Chicagoesontop: Acknowledgment is not the main thing, the action he will take is the sole and primary thing we are waiting to observe !! but Oga it's not am aware that police have visited them but HAS visited them  Rightly observed. But one thing, I need grammarian like you to know is that you can make the same mistake in the usage of has and have. Two professors have argued on this in Punch newspaper years back. Any way, good that u observed well |
Education › Re: Ketandu Deborah Adaeze Chiedu Accepted To Ivy Schools by Emanodimo(m): 3:17am On Apr 01, 2019 |
Trying to analyse this surprise, not the first to be heard.
I think entering for a scholarship program and successful makes one suitable to make choice among schools provided to enroll best and suitable candidates.
That might not be the case here in Nigeria and others...
Scholarship program ain't the same with that of US or UK. One can be offered multiple admission is not a strange thing... She passed excellently, let her make a choice finish...
Everything must be celebrated on social media.
That Naija mentality still reflecting on them....
Before UTME, students got multiple offer on admission from different institutions in Nigeria. |
Politics › Re: Lagos APC Crisis: Sanwo-olu, Ambode’s Rift Deepens, Avoids Each Other by Emanodimo(m): 11:10pm On Mar 24, 2019 |
nairavsdollars: * Gov Elect Refuses To Visit, Acknowledge Support of Outgoing Governor
* Did Ambode Pay Courtesy Visit To Fashola In 2015 - APC Chieftain
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos
The crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which almost polarised it before the 2019 general elections, is far from over as investigations revealed that Akinwunmi Ambode, the outgoing governor of the state and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor-elect, are not on talking terms despite being members of the same party.
Sources in the party said since he won the governorship election, Sanwo-Olu had failed to visit Ambode or acknowledged the governor’s role in his acceptance speech after being declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Instead of visiting Ambode, the man who would hand over the reins of governance to him, Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, however paid courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Speaking with Sunday INDEPENDENT, a chieftain of the party and a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), said he was aware that both men “have not had any meaningful discussion on the transition process since the outcome of the election”.
He said the frosty relationship between the two men was not healthy for the development of the state, the party and its supporters.
According to him, despite the impression being created that all was well, there was still a great division in the camp of Ambode and Sanwo-Olu and this might impact negatively on the hand-over process if not quickly resolved.
“In the spirit of sportsmanship, it is unfair for Sanwo-Olu not to acknowledge the role played by Ambode in his victory. Can you imagine that Sanwo-Olu has refused to pay him a courtesy visit since his victory? That is not how to play progressive politics.
“Even in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi despite belonging to different political parties. It is not about the two individuals, it is about the progress and development of the state.
“Even in his victory speech, Sanwo-Olu did not made mention of Ambode. Yet, he praised Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Adams Oshiomhole and others. It would have been better if he didn’t mention any names at all.
“To be frank, Ambode made some mistakes which contributed to his travails. Some of the mistakes have been documented in the media and I think Sanwo-Olu should learn from these and not make the same mistakes in his tenure.
“A lot of things happened before the elections, which caused tension here and there. We are all humans. You don’t expect Ambode to be happy with the way he was treated and denied a second term ticket.
“Also, nobody in his right senses will expect Sanwo-Olu to be happy with the remarks made by Ambode concerning his past before the primary. But, that is politics for you. The most important thing is for them to work together for the progress and development of the state,” our source said.
However, speaking with our correspondent, another party chieftain loyal to Sanwo-Olu, said the governor-elect, currently out of the country, had no rift with Ambode and had publicly said so on several occasions.
He however added that Ambode too did not pay Babatunde Fashola, his predecessor, a courtesy visit after he won the governorship election in 2015.
“As a chieftain of the party, I can’t speak for Sanwo-Olu, But, I know he has put what happened before the primary behind him and moved on, especially with the fact that he won a governorship election, which is not being contested by the opposition in court. In fact, Jimi Agbaje congratulated him before the formal announcement of the result by INEC,”
“ Ambode will hand over to him on May 29. This is March. So, there is enough time for both men to meet and work out strategy for a successful transition. On the visit to Buhari, Sanwo- Olu had already said he went to congratulate the President for his reelection”.
However, one thing is clear. There is no big deal in him paying Governor Ambode a courtesy visit. Did Ambode pay Fashola a courtesy visit after he won the governorship election in 2015? People just like making a mountain out of a molehill and I think that is very unfortunate” he said.
https://www.independent.ng/lagos-apc-crisis-sanwo-olu-ambodes-rift-deepens/ However, one thing is clear. There is no big deal in him paying Governor Ambode a courtesy visit. Did Ambode pay Fashola a courtesy visit after he won the governorship election in 2015? People just like making a mountain out of a molehill and I think that is very unfortunate” he said. That party chieftain have said it all in a logical and sensible manner. "People just like making a mountain out of a molehill" |
Politics › Re: Weaponising Religion In Yoruba Politics by Emanodimo(m): 10:48pm On Mar 24, 2019 |
sojiboy: In case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Muslim ministers from five south-west states when he constitutes his cabinet for his second term. Why? The group says because five of the south-west governors would be Christians, that is the way to go — to address the “marginalisation of Muslims” in the geo-political zone. Put plainly, what should determine the choice of ministers from the south-west should be religion, religion, religion, religion and religion. The press release said Yoruba Muslims have been marginalised in ministerial appointments for too long “despite being in the majority”.
I seem to understand the game MURIC is trying to play. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has spent the better part of the last 33 years analysing how many Christians are appointed into cabinets, especially when the figure tends to favour Muslims. They are quiet when it favours Christians. In the aftermath of Nigeria’s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in 1986, CAN became more than a pressure group. In fact, it could have been registered as a political party along the line, given the role it played in weaponising religion in the politics of Nigeria. I guess MURIC was propped up as a counterforce to CAN and it is now trying to outCAN CAN.
One problem I can see, though, is that MURIC is not serving as a counterforce to CAN at the national level but has been working very hard to divide the south-west along religious lines. Although I have heard many people describe MURIC in uncomplimentary terms and would want the body ignored or even blacked out of media coverage, the truth remains that it represents a tendency and it is gaining followership. The Yoruba love to celebrate their multi-religious culture and often boast that they cannot be divided along religious lines. However, recent events suggest that this religious harmony should not be taken for granted, not with MURIC on the prowl.
What is MURIC’s complaint? Of the six south-west states, five will be governed by Christians by May 29, 2019. Only Osun state will be ruled by a Muslim, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola. Although Senator Ademola Adeleke has won his case at the election petitions tribunal, Oyetola is expected to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. Adeleke, who goes by the name Nurudeen, is assumed to be a Muslim, although MURIC has rejected this claim and once issued a statement saying the dancing senator is a Christian. If Adekele eventually becomes governor, MURIC will have yet another evidence that Muslims have been marginalised in Yorubaland. It will then demand six ministers.
But how relevant is religion in the politics of south-west Nigeria? Is MURIC trying to solve a problem that does not exist? Is the body genuinely worried that if religion does not become a factor, south-west Muslims might be relegated to the background and be denied what belongs to them in the scheme of things? The south-west is the only region in Nigeria that is evenly divided between adherents of Islam and Christianity. While the north is predominantly Muslim, the south-south and the south-east are predominantly Christian. But no one, apart from MURIC, describes the south-west as predominantly Muslim or Christian. You have Christians and Muslims in almost every family.
From my own understanding of Yoruba politics, I would say religion has never really been a factor. Let’s be clear: religion is a very strong sentiment for millions of Nigerians, the Yoruba inclusive. However, when it comes to politics, it appears the Yoruba have managed to keep religion out of it most of the time. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the revered Yoruba politician, was a Christian, but some of his closest associates were Muslims, notably Chief SO Gbadamosi and Alhaji DS Adegbenro. When the Western House of Assembly crisis broke out in 1962, Awolowo favoured Adegbenro to take over as premier from Chief SL Akintola, a Christian. Religion was not on the cards.
In the second republic, it was even more “ridiculous”. There was nothing like the religious balancing of governorship tickets that we have today. The governor of Lagos state was Alhaji Lateef Jakande, and his deputy was Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo. Both were Muslims. There was no CAN noise. The governor of Ogun was Chief Olabisi Onabanjo and his deputy was Chief Samuel Soluade. Both were Christians. There was no MURIC. The governor of Oyo was Chief Bola Ige and his deputy was Chief SM Afolabi. Both were Christians. Nobody even thought about it. Although Chief Bisi Akande, a Muslim, later became deputy to Ige, religion was not the consideration.
The crisis created by Nigeria’s full membership of OIC in 1986 appeared to have snatched this innocence from Yorubaland. The mutual suspicion created at the national level percolated to the south-west, and suddenly the two religions must be accommodated in a governor-deputy ticket, even when nobody really cared about it. Yet, there was a deviation: when Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola was governor of Osun state from 2003 to 2007, his deputy was Mrs Olusola Obada. Both of them were Christians. In a state that is most probably predominantly Muslim, nobody raised an eyebrow. Nobody discussed religion. This is one thing the Yoruba seem to have conquered.
I will even go one more step. Most of those regarded as leading Yoruba politicians today are married to Christians, though they are Muslims. Name them: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Akande (who lost his wife in 2017), Senator Abiola Ajimobi (the “constituted authority”), Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and a host of others. Akande nominated two ministers into Buhari’s cabinet — Prof. Isaac Adewole and Prof. Omoleye Daramola — and both are Christians. Amosun, a Muslim, nominated Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, a Christian, into the cabinet. That is the kind of liberal and convivial religious atmosphere that has shaped Yoruba politics for ages.
Even the Christians that have been elected governors in the south-west had the support of Muslims. How on earth could Mr. Jide Sanwo-Olu have been elected governor of Lagos without the support of Muslim heavyweights? Mr. Dapo Abiodun is governor-elect of Ogun state with the full backing of Tinubu. Mr. Oluwaseyi Makinde has been elected governor of Oyo state with the backing of key politicians who are Muslims, most notably Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja. In the same state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, a Christian, handed his supporters to Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, a Muslim. It would, therefore, be very wrong to say there is a conspiracy to install Christian governors in the south-west.
I am very much aware that the Lagos branch of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) addressed the press sometime in 2014 asking that the next governor of Lagos should be a Christian because Christians had been supporting Muslims since 1999, but those familiar with the story said it was a game arranged by the big masquerade himself who was eyeing a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. As ridiculous as it sounds, religion was not the motivation for the PFN demand! Fashola was doing well as governor of Lagos and nobody asked whether he was holding the Quran or the Bible on the day he was sworn in. Sure, I support balancing but I won’t kill for it.
However, the controversy over the wearing of the hijab in schools in the south-west is a pointer that the Yoruba are also vulnerable to religious conflict. If you ask me, though, I would think it is just a matter of intolerance and a storm in a teacup. There are churches that ban their members from wearing earrings and even instruct them to wear headscarf — so how is wearing hijab a problem for anybody if not that some people just want to stoke fire? Indeed, if MURIC concentrates its resources on advocating for Muslims in the south-west to practise their religion without let or hindrance, without intimidation or discrimination, it would have my support 100%. While MURIC has the constitutional right to advocate as it wishes, I would advise, with every sense of humility, that weaponising religion in south-west politics is too dangerous. Northern Nigeria is today sharply divided by religion. The tension is permanent. I don’t envy them. Northerners identify themselves first by their religions before anything else. In many northern cities, it is rare to see Muslims and Christians living in the same area, much less the same compound. But in Yoruba homes, you can have two people sleeping on a bed — one a Muslim, the other a Christian. If religion is, therefore, successfully turned into a lethal weapon in the south-west, who can survive it?
AND FOUR OTHER THINGS… BRAIN DRAIN AGAIN
You do not need a stethoscope to diagnose the malignant ailment within the medical profession in Nigeria. Most of the doctors I have spoken with complain about poor equipment and low morale. Even the medical schools are poorly equipped and many of the teachers are directly from hell. So I was not surprised to learn that Nigerian medical doctors have joined the brain drain train. This time, it is not to Canada. It is to Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of doctors recently thronged a popular hotel in Lagos where officials of Saudi Arabia health ministry came to recruit them. Soon, we will not complain about poor hospitals again. We will be talking about lack of doctors. Unhealthy.
POLL DANCE
Senator Ademola Adeleke, also known as the ‘Dancing Senator’, has been declared winner of the September 2018 governorship poll in Osun state by the tribunal — and many would say it was not such a surprise. The circumstances surrounding the declaration of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of APC as the winner were strange — especially how some results were cancelled, thereby forcing a supplementary election. The tribunal declared the cancellation “illegal” and proclaimed Adeleke, the PDP candidate, as the winner. Oyetola will definitely fight all the way to the Supreme Court, but INEC needs to save us this waste of precious time and resources in future elections. Justice.
THE PAWN
The story of Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the eight-year-old Nigerian chess genius in the US, has caught global attention. It is the romantic story we all love to read: a poor, little homeless boy conquering the world with a sling and a stone. Tani has won the New York State Scholastic Primary Championship in his age bracket — and he only started learning to play chess a year ago! Even former US President Bill Clinton has invited him for a handshake. The line that the Adewumis were fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria may be suspect, but let us just eat the rice and ignore the stones. Tani could have been hawking “pure water” if he was still in Nigeria. Opportunities.
AND FINALLY…
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of reps, recently wrote to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the governments of the US, the UK and the EU on a “plot” by the federal government of Nigeria “to unleash violence on innocent citizens of Bauchi state” ahead of the supplementary elections. I don’t know if Dogara took the right step or not, but these guys must be getting tired of receiving mails from Nigerians every day. The rate at which Nigerians are writing to ICC, UK, US and EU these days at the slightest provocation must have turned us into a laughing stock. Expect a Nigerian husband to petition ICC soon if the wife is reluctant to open the door for him. Petty.
https://www.thecable.ng/weaponising-religion-in-yoruba-politics/amp The writer deserve applause for this balanced article and investigative journalism. It is been a while have read something sensible guided with facts. Op well done for sharing |
Politics › Re: Weaponising Religion In Yoruba Politics by Emanodimo(m): 10:42pm On Mar 24, 2019 |
sojiboy: In case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Muslim ministers from five south-west states when he constitutes his cabinet for his second term. Why? The group says because five of the south-west governors would be Christians, that is the way to go — to address the “marginalisation of Muslims” in the geo-political zone. Put plainly, what should determine the choice of ministers from the south-west should be religion, religion, religion, religion and religion. The press release said Yoruba Muslims have been marginalised in ministerial appointments for too long “despite being in the majority”.
I seem to understand the game MURIC is trying to play. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has spent the better part of the last 33 years analysing how many Christians are appointed into cabinets, especially when the figure tends to favour Muslims. They are quiet when it favours Christians. In the aftermath of Nigeria’s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in 1986, CAN became more than a pressure group. In fact, it could have been registered as a political party along the line, given the role it played in weaponising religion in the politics of Nigeria. I guess MURIC was propped up as a counterforce to CAN and it is now trying to outCAN CAN.
One problem I can see, though, is that MURIC is not serving as a counterforce to CAN at the national level but has been working very hard to divide the south-west along religious lines. Although I have heard many people describe MURIC in uncomplimentary terms and would want the body ignored or even blacked out of media coverage, the truth remains that it represents a tendency and it is gaining followership. The Yoruba love to celebrate their multi-religious culture and often boast that they cannot be divided along religious lines. However, recent events suggest that this religious harmony should not be taken for granted, not with MURIC on the prowl.
What is MURIC’s complaint? Of the six south-west states, five will be governed by Christians by May 29, 2019. Only Osun state will be ruled by a Muslim, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola. Although Senator Ademola Adeleke has won his case at the election petitions tribunal, Oyetola is expected to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. Adeleke, who goes by the name Nurudeen, is assumed to be a Muslim, although MURIC has rejected this claim and once issued a statement saying the dancing senator is a Christian. If Adekele eventually becomes governor, MURIC will have yet another evidence that Muslims have been marginalised in Yorubaland. It will then demand six ministers.
But how relevant is religion in the politics of south-west Nigeria? Is MURIC trying to solve a problem that does not exist? Is the body genuinely worried that if religion does not become a factor, south-west Muslims might be relegated to the background and be denied what belongs to them in the scheme of things? The south-west is the only region in Nigeria that is evenly divided between adherents of Islam and Christianity. While the north is predominantly Muslim, the south-south and the south-east are predominantly Christian. But no one, apart from MURIC, describes the south-west as predominantly Muslim or Christian. You have Christians and Muslims in almost every family.
From my own understanding of Yoruba politics, I would say religion has never really been a factor. Let’s be clear: religion is a very strong sentiment for millions of Nigerians, the Yoruba inclusive. However, when it comes to politics, it appears the Yoruba have managed to keep religion out of it most of the time. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the revered Yoruba politician, was a Christian, but some of his closest associates were Muslims, notably Chief SO Gbadamosi and Alhaji DS Adegbenro. When the Western House of Assembly crisis broke out in 1962, Awolowo favoured Adegbenro to take over as premier from Chief SL Akintola, a Christian. Religion was not on the cards.
In the second republic, it was even more “ridiculous”. There was nothing like the religious balancing of governorship tickets that we have today. The governor of Lagos state was Alhaji Lateef Jakande, and his deputy was Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo. Both were Muslims. There was no CAN noise. The governor of Ogun was Chief Olabisi Onabanjo and his deputy was Chief Samuel Soluade. Both were Christians. There was no MURIC. The governor of Oyo was Chief Bola Ige and his deputy was Chief SM Afolabi. Both were Christians. Nobody even thought about it. Although Chief Bisi Akande, a Muslim, later became deputy to Ige, religion was not the consideration.
The crisis created by Nigeria’s full membership of OIC in 1986 appeared to have snatched this innocence from Yorubaland. The mutual suspicion created at the national level percolated to the south-west, and suddenly the two religions must be accommodated in a governor-deputy ticket, even when nobody really cared about it. Yet, there was a deviation: when Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola was governor of Osun state from 2003 to 2007, his deputy was Mrs Olusola Obada. Both of them were Christians. In a state that is most probably predominantly Muslim, nobody raised an eyebrow. Nobody discussed religion. This is one thing the Yoruba seem to have conquered.
I will even go one more step. Most of those regarded as leading Yoruba politicians today are married to Christians, though they are Muslims. Name them: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Akande (who lost his wife in 2017), Senator Abiola Ajimobi (the “constituted authority”), Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and a host of others. Akande nominated two ministers into Buhari’s cabinet — Prof. Isaac Adewole and Prof. Omoleye Daramola — and both are Christians. Amosun, a Muslim, nominated Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, a Christian, into the cabinet. That is the kind of liberal and convivial religious atmosphere that has shaped Yoruba politics for ages.
Even the Christians that have been elected governors in the south-west had the support of Muslims. How on earth could Mr. Jide Sanwo-Olu have been elected governor of Lagos without the support of Muslim heavyweights? Mr. Dapo Abiodun is governor-elect of Ogun state with the full backing of Tinubu. Mr. Oluwaseyi Makinde has been elected governor of Oyo state with the backing of key politicians who are Muslims, most notably Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja. In the same state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, a Christian, handed his supporters to Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, a Muslim. It would, therefore, be very wrong to say there is a conspiracy to install Christian governors in the south-west.
I am very much aware that the Lagos branch of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) addressed the press sometime in 2014 asking that the next governor of Lagos should be a Christian because Christians had been supporting Muslims since 1999, but those familiar with the story said it was a game arranged by the big masquerade himself who was eyeing a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. As ridiculous as it sounds, religion was not the motivation for the PFN demand! Fashola was doing well as governor of Lagos and nobody asked whether he was holding the Quran or the Bible on the day he was sworn in. Sure, I support balancing but I won’t kill for it.
However, the controversy over the wearing of the hijab in schools in the south-west is a pointer that the Yoruba are also vulnerable to religious conflict. If you ask me, though, I would think it is just a matter of intolerance and a storm in a teacup. There are churches that ban their members from wearing earrings and even instruct them to wear headscarf — so how is wearing hijab a problem for anybody if not that some people just want to stoke fire? Indeed, if MURIC concentrates its resources on advocating for Muslims in the south-west to practise their religion without let or hindrance, without intimidation or discrimination, it would have my support 100%. While MURIC has the constitutional right to advocate as it wishes, I would advise, with every sense of humility, that weaponising religion in south-west politics is too dangerous. Northern Nigeria is today sharply divided by religion. The tension is permanent. I don’t envy them. Northerners identify themselves first by their religions before anything else. In many northern cities, it is rare to see Muslims and Christians living in the same area, much less the same compound. But in Yoruba homes, you can have two people sleeping on a bed — one a Muslim, the other a Christian. If religion is, therefore, successfully turned into a lethal weapon in the south-west, who can survive it?
AND FOUR OTHER THINGS… BRAIN DRAIN AGAIN
You do not need a stethoscope to diagnose the malignant ailment within the medical profession in Nigeria. Most of the doctors I have spoken with complain about poor equipment and low morale. Even the medical schools are poorly equipped and many of the teachers are directly from hell. So I was not surprised to learn that Nigerian medical doctors have joined the brain drain train. This time, it is not to Canada. It is to Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of doctors recently thronged a popular hotel in Lagos where officials of Saudi Arabia health ministry came to recruit them. Soon, we will not complain about poor hospitals again. We will be talking about lack of doctors. Unhealthy.
POLL DANCE
Senator Ademola Adeleke, also known as the ‘Dancing Senator’, has been declared winner of the September 2018 governorship poll in Osun state by the tribunal — and many would say it was not such a surprise. The circumstances surrounding the declaration of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of APC as the winner were strange — especially how some results were cancelled, thereby forcing a supplementary election. The tribunal declared the cancellation “illegal” and proclaimed Adeleke, the PDP candidate, as the winner. Oyetola will definitely fight all the way to the Supreme Court, but INEC needs to save us this waste of precious time and resources in future elections. Justice.
THE PAWN
The story of Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the eight-year-old Nigerian chess genius in the US, has caught global attention. It is the romantic story we all love to read: a poor, little homeless boy conquering the world with a sling and a stone. Tani has won the New York State Scholastic Primary Championship in his age bracket — and he only started learning to play chess a year ago! Even former US President Bill Clinton has invited him for a handshake. The line that the Adewumis were fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria may be suspect, but let us just eat the rice and ignore the stones. Tani could have been hawking “pure water” if he was still in Nigeria. Opportunities.
AND FINALLY…
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of reps, recently wrote to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the governments of the US, the UK and the EU on a “plot” by the federal government of Nigeria “to unleash violence on innocent citizens of Bauchi state” ahead of the supplementary elections. I don’t know if Dogara took the right step or not, but these guys must be getting tired of receiving mails from Nigerians every day. The rate at which Nigerians are writing to ICC, UK, US and EU these days at the slightest provocation must have turned us into a laughing stock. Expect a Nigerian husband to petition ICC soon if the wife is reluctant to open the door for him. Petty.
https://www.thecable.ng/weaponising-religion-in-yoruba-politics/amp |
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Culture › Re: Abdulfatai Coker: Yoruba Monarchs In North Not Accorded Respect by Emanodimo(m): 10:02pm On Mar 24, 2019 |
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TOPCRUISE: Sad. So he is the brother to the gallant and courageous Yoruba officer, colonel Victor Banjo who believed strongly in the igbo cause and led the Biafran forces in the attack against the mid-west and the west.
The Nigerian political elite did not put him to recognition despite his sacrifices and that of his brother who was eventually executed by ojukwu. "Who was executed by Ojukwu"...why?...If the same Col. Banjo believed in Biafra cause. |