Emma1Oj: Why are they scared? I thought they won the election??
Although too late. The judiciary already knows "all eyes are on them"
we said go to court, we said intimidate the judiciary with your evidence. We never said intimidate the judiciary with threats. We never said you should threaten the friends and families of the judiciary. There's a limit to freedom. Yours stop where others start. Give the judiciary the space to do their job. A case is good in the eyes of the litigator until judgement is passed. The looser must accept judgement or go to a higher court.
The writer Uche Okwukwu is an Ikwerrian so I guess you did not read well
The writer has a right to his own opinion but you that posted it to score cheap ethnic political points is the one I'm referring to. The writer can publish whatever he wants. The poster wants to now use the article as if it is a generally accepted norm! Oga you lie, Ikwerres have said they're not Igbo, accept it.
Nice2023: On the issue of NYSC,there is no law that says u must have NYSC before u can become governor,senator or what have u,but the major thing we should not do is submitting fake certificates.
The court does not joke with forgery no matter who u are,hence the reason why I feel that the current governor of Enugu state is a goner.
if he had not submitted that forged certificate, he would have been ok. But now, oversabi don catch am
Elections have been won and lost but these guys still want to live in the past. It's time to move on. Real men and women have gone to face their business. It's only pained miscreants that are still online creating one thread after the other hoping it will relieve their pain. Oga, wether fuel price go 10k/litre or dollar go 20k, we have elected a leader. Give him time to do the job. What these guys are really crying about is not the subsidy removal because all the major candidates said they would remove it. What they are crying about is that Obi is not the one that removed the subsidy, therefore they can't take the removal from Tinubu The same thing goes with the sit at home in their region. If it were government that called for Monday sit at home, there would have been a serious upheaval but since it is one of their own, they are happy. Notice that they find it difficult to take Pains if it is coming from outsiders.
attackgat: Barrister Uche Okwukwu is an Ikwerre man from Elele, Ikwerre Local Government. He is also a former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. When former Governor Wike denied being Igbo in 2020, Uche Okwukwu wrote this open letter to him which was widely publicised
The statement attributed to His Excellency, Barrister Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State was shocking. He said an illustrious Igbo son, and I believe he was referring to the Honorable Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, was only claiming to be Igbo to further his ambition of becoming Nigerian president come 2023. Wike further disclaimed being Igbo himself.
Agreed, Wike has the right to hold any view so far as it is within the ambit of the law and not counter-productive. He can define himself in any manner he deems fit. But Amaechi, who holds the traditional chieftaincy title of ”Ochi Ariri Ikwerre,” meaning the Defender of Ikwerre in Times of Difficulty, also has the same right to see and define himself as Igbo. Wike does not enjoy the prerogative of determining himself and at the same time defining others.
Amaechi was former National President of the National Union of Rivers State Students, NURSS. He was former Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Chairman of the Conference of Speakers in Nigeria, two-term governor of Rivers, Chairman of the Governors Forum of Nigeria, GFN, and two-term Minister of Transportation. He is the first Nigerian to be appointed Minister of Transportation and first Ikwerre to be appointed full-fledged Grade A minister. As an Ikwerre, I am proud of Amaechi. As an Igbo, I am also proud of him.
Coming from the humanities, Amaechi is conscious of history and social anthropology. He said, “Look, I’m Ikwerre. But I’m also Igbo.” By so saying he did not in any way stop any Ikwerre from presenting himself as non-Igbo. Such an Ikwerre who denies his Igbo identity would have to explain himself to the gods.
Amaechi’s assertion of his Igboness on the BBC should not cause anyone a headache.
The Ikwerre Is Igbo
It is important to state for record purposes that historically Ikwerres fully identified themselves as Igbos without suffering harms. Chief Joseph Wobo, member of the Council of Chiefs of Eastern Nigeria, clearly stated he was an Igbo. Nobody can dismiss him as he defended Ikwerreland in colonial Nigeria.
Sir Jackson Mpi, first and last Ikwerre to be conferred with Knight of the Order of British Empire, OBE, by Queen Elizabeth II of England in 1960, identified himself as Igbo. From the ancient Kingdom of Isiokpo, Sir Mpi worked tirelessly for Igbo advancement.
Dr Obi Wali was the first Ikwerre PhD holder, senator and university lecturer. He was also the only Ikwerre in the 1978 Constituent Assembly where he was selected one of the 50 Wise Men that drafted the 1979 constitution. The great Dr Wali identified fully with his Igbo heritage and was gruesomely assassinated defending it.
Okogbule Wonodi, first Ikwerre registrar of any university, first and only Ikwerre poet and Paramount title Holder of Eze Ohiaemeru. Ohiaemeru, where you have present-day Comprehensive College in Borokiri, was his ancestral home before the British vacated them between 1913-1923. Wonodi remained a respected member of Nzukor Igbo and Ohanaeze Ndigbo till the end of his life.
Patriot Emmanuel Aguma was former Mayor of Port Harcourt. As Principal of St John College, Diobu, he was the first Ikwerre to head any college. One of six pre-independence Ikwerre University graduates, former administrator of Port Harcourt Province in the defunct Peoples Republic of Biafra, first Ikwere minister in 1979, Aguma remained a member of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Emmanuel Oriji was a respected local government administrator, traditional ruler, a commissioner in old Rivers and core Igbo nationalist. The immediate past Deputy Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Isaac Wonwu, is an illustrious Ikwerre son from Elele. He is known to assert his Igbo identity. Equally valid, Chief Jackson Womenazu from Rumukrushi in the Evo Kingdom is a member of the Elders’ Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
In colonial documents, written when Igbos had no capacity to influence anything, Ikwerres also defined themselves as Igbos. When Ikwerre leaders presented their case before the 1957 Sir Henry Willinks Commission, Wobo declared that Ikwerres were Igbos and Port Harcourt to Onitsha was Igboland. The cream of Ikwerreland have asserted their Igboness. Most illustrious sons and daughters. Tell me any Ikwerre whose CV can match those of Mpi, Wobo, Aguma, Wonodi, Dr Wali or Amaechi?
The Ikwerre: Space and Survival
We must resolve all outstanding issues occasioned by the military-inspired partition of Ikwerreland as war booty. Our irreducible stand includes:
One, Ikwerres are Igbos and Ikwerreland is so important to the Igbo that they will never take any step to destroy Ikwerres or toy with their destiny. In geo-strategic terms, Ikwerreland is the tongue of the Igbo race to the sea.
Two, we are aware there are plans to landlock the Igbo nation. These plans are rooted in history. My brother and personal friend, Wike, should not be a crusader for such plans because it will be resisted with the sword as no nation will allow itself to be landlocked. All legitimate, moral and spiritual means available to Ndigbo would be used to resist the excise of Ikwerreland from the larger Igboland.
Three, “Obigbo,” means “Heart of Igboland.” It is the right name for that Local Government Area, LGA. “Oyigbo” means nothing and was never and will never be the name of Obigbo. The British met local people on ground who said their world was called Obigbo. Any researcher can go there and verify for himself. None should be persecuted for calling Obigbo its original pre-civil war name. I, Uche Okwukwu, call it Obigbo and I have no apologies for that.
Four, “Ohiaemeru” is the original name for Borokiri. It was the British who removed the indigenous Ikwerre population there before declaring the place Crown Land between 1913-1923. Equally so, “Igweocha” or “Diobu” is the original name for Port Harcourt. We must set the record straight. Five, demographically and historically, Igbos constitute the majority in the Niger Delta. Wike’s idea of the region is flawed considering that nine states make up the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, namely, Imo, Abia, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Ondo and Rivers. It is absurd and unacceptable stating that Umuagwo is not in the Niger Delta but Ogoja is. Be that as it may, there is now a statutory definition of the region manifest in the NDDC Act.
Any definition that excludes the Igbo from the Niger Delta, or tends to disenfranchise them from the privileges thereof, is unacceptable. This is because there were plans in the past that destroyed any benefit coming to the Igbo. Boundary adjustments were carried out to remove oil-producing areas from the former East Central State.
Six, in terms of ethnicity and language, Igbos are also in the majority in Rivers. It is fallacious that there are no Igbos here. Igbos are here because Ikwerres are Igbos. Ogbas are Igbos, Ekpeyes are Igbos. Etches are Igbos. Obigbos are Igbos. So no one can talk about Igbos coming in to cause trouble. Igbos are peaceful. Rivers is our home, and we are its autochthones.
Seven, Binis have no cultural or historical link with Ikwerres. We worship different gods, have different market days with different monarchical structures. Our Kingship is not from father to son like the Binis. Our kingship is based on gerontocracy where the oldest person assumes leadership. What brought us together was the 1914 amalgamation. No pre-colonial or colonial record has it that Ikwerres migrated from Benin. The post-war purported claim that Ikwerres are Binis is parasitic, defeatist and self-hate.
Eight, Ikwerreland is heavily garrisoned. Two million Ikwerres in four LGAs are tightly sandwiched by two naval barracks at Iwofe and Borokiri; two army barracks at Port Harcourt and Elele; air force base in Port Harcourt and an army shooting range in Igwuruta. Large swathes of land were appropriated for the building of the international airport, University of Port Harcourt and its teaching hospital, Rivers State University, Ignatius Ajuru University, Nigerian Television Authority, Area 1 Seaport, etc.
We believe in the unity of this country but the Federal Government should dismantle the military formations and return their locations to land-bereft inner-city Ikwerres. Our burgeoning population has no living space and this could lead to the Oromo experience.
Why is Wike denying his Igbo roots?
Wike is an illustrious Ikwerre son. And for emphasis, he is an Igbo man. A kettle might call itself an electric kettle, but it remains a kettle. Wike will do himself great service to forget the purported prejudice of the past and assert his Igboness. You don’t deny your own roots because they may not be there anymore when later you need them. All those who deny their people have always regretted it.
this long epistle just because you want to snatch another man's oil and gas! We know you modus operandi. First, you claim the land through ethnic affiliation then heritage and culture, and lastly through birthright. The next step is annexation. Go and annex kogi before you talk of Rivers state.
It's just 2023. The tribunals have not yet given verdict but some persons have started campaign. Ah! Allow the man to govern now! There are no two ways about it. We all know the challenge Nigeria has, therefore, subsidy must go. In the short term it difficult for some people but overall, it's the best thing any government can do for now.
Jbleenk: The steps Tinubu is taking is what any sensible person who knows his onions would take in light of situation we find ourselves in Nigeria.
A country who spend 90% of her revenue to service debt can’t continue servicing electricity, fuel, fx etc else it will implode.
An in-depth analysis you just made here. Idiots don't know this, what they know is that the price of rice is now 50k. Therefore the government is worst. To them, governance is all about the price of rice.
IamKizzbrown10: Many people have happy, fulfilling, healthy romantic relationships without having sex with their partners.
It ultimately depends on your personal beliefs, physical desires, and the nature of your relationship.
There are many reasons why people don’t want to, or don’t, have sex. However, this doesn’tmean that the relationship will be unhealthy.
And it certainly isn’t a sign that your partner doesn’t love or value you!
This is my humble opinion though, tell us what you think nairalanders?
There's a difference between not wanting sex at all and not wanting sex with your partner. The former should be respected and a healthy relationship can be built on this but the later is a no! no! You cannot expect a healthy relationship without sex with me while you go about donating it freely to others. It's not done.
Nice2023: I just clocked 40 year old and I feel as if I have not done well for myself. May be because I had always set a standard, hence my high taste and expectations.
Now goes the question,as a Nigerian,what achievement do one expects from a 40years old man irrespective of his education?
Seriously! Ok, Obasanjo, Gowon and Buhari were heads of state before 40. Dangote, Otedola, and Elumelu were billionaires before 40. Okonjo Iweala, Adichie Chimamanda and Pat Utomi were professors before 40. Oya compare! Must you live your life based on the achievements of others? What you should be talking about is, are you comfortable, can you pay your bills, are you happy with your relationship and family! Those are the issues, not what another man has. If not you will become very greedy and jealous.
"No one has come to say what is in IREV is different from the EC8 " how can you? if it's different from the one in the IREV, when you can't even access the content in the IREV blurred sheets, tpexed, changed e.t.c
Which yeye hacking, what they planned for with billions of naira , glitch ko, glitch ni! part of the plan is to counter the possible hacking is develope technology to save the data in multiple forms and developed anti - hacking mechanism , and besides we were told , immediately you conclude election, snap it in the presence of everyone , with the score known and transparent in the presence of everyone with video evidence but they deliberately stopped that , so what's the essence of the the technology being signed into law if you are just sighting hacking on the d - day , you shouldn't have budgeted for it and signed it into law , at least send it first and if they hack it ,we will all see , of course agents have their copies, the national assembly results were transmitted immediately , so why such dubious excuse? Anyway let's see the calculation hopefully the ec8 will tally.
Oga, data already saved in multiple form through the issuance of copies of EC8As to party agents, police and INEC's copies. The IREV is just a viewing portal for public consumption and nothing else. But it is a very powerful tool in the hands of subversives like obidients.
IREV was simple but they messed it up , let's think positive and forward not this olule rubbish.
IREV was not complex ,. It can be used easily and transparently but was not deliberately used.
What do you think will happen if someone hacked into INEC's server and manipulate the result to be different from that of the form EC8As? Yes, the form EC8As will carry the day but the doubts that will be created in the minds of Nigerians will be enough to create political instability. As it stands today, no one has come out to say what is in IREV is different from that of the EC8As. What they are complaining about is that it is blurred or it has pictures other than the EC8As not that it did not tally.
001Lagos: Abuja Obidients erects a massive billboard with "All eyes on the judiciary boldly written on it
Abuja residents erect massive billboards to remind the election petition tribunal that Nigerians got there eyes on them as the date for final judgement of the presidential election draws near.
So it has gotten to the extent where the judiciary is been blackmailed! What rubbish! The courts must declare you winner else the court is corrupt! Obidients are really something else. Who is now arm twisting the judiciary? Foolish things
I don't even know where you guys are getting your confidence from. Get this in peace. There will never, I repeat "never" be a rerun. You can take that to the bank
A group of public affairs analysts have said that APC’s worst mistake was challenging the outcome of Osun gubernatorial election in 2022.
They were speaking in relation to the cases before the presidential election tribunal and the expected judgment.
According to them, the Osun judgment was the first time the Supreme Court interpreted the 2022 Electoral Act. And in doing so, the Supreme Court gave some significant pronouncements which includes:
First, that IREV was an integral part of of INEC’s collation process.
Again, that the BVAS and from EC8A were primary sources of evidence in proof of electoral fraud or anything thereof.
Similarly, that both the Constitution, the Electoral Act and INEC Guidelines and even Training Manual are justiciable. That is, that they are all legal instruments that can be used against INEC should they deviate from any. In doing this, the Supreme Court even quoted a section of INEC’s guideline verbatim which established the undisputed place of INEC Guidelines in law.
Now, this group are of the opinion that almost all the resolutions of the Supreme Court in the Osun Judgment, is working against APC’s case at the Tribunal right now. And considering that the Osun judgment is as recent as 3 months ago, it is a precedent that the Supreme Court might easily depart from anytime soon.
Nlfpmod Mynd44
But you forgot something in your write-up, NON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE
Ibadanpikin: With the way everything is increasing starting from foods stuffs,transportation,tuition fees and now cooking gas about to increase,the owners of Nigeria should please help there poor ones.Igbos don't assist anybody that is not from your ethnicity,the are all rich but increase the price of your wares and goods.
Mumu! Nigerians are not suffering. How many people you see for street dey suffer? Nigerians have adapted to the subsidy removal. It is people like you that don't want to do anything that is crying suffering. You know wetin be suffer! Rubbish and ingredient.
“Now they are leaving our shores one after the other. GSK which has a manufacturing facility in Agbara, Ogun State on over 25 hectares of land had directly employed over 400 highly technical workers like pharmacists, microbiologists, biochemists, chemists, dentists, doctors etc, and also employed over 1000 other staff".
Same is happening with all those companies and businesses closing shops across Nigeria.
I know you've sold your soul for agbado but you should have some shame, no matter how little. Read that part I highlighted above and tell me if you're normal. So GSK closing their factory in Ogun state, and employing 1400 skilled people in another country instead of Nigeria is okay to you?!
Just imagine the things I'm sharing a country with💩🤡😡
Mumu! Companies downsizing or closing factories does not mean the country of operation is its reason for doing so. In this case, it's because of the business model they want to operate. Stop blaming government. Like I said Apple builds the iPhone in China but sells in America. Does it mean the American government pursued them? No. It's just a business model to maximize profits.
What are you hiding? Why does the balabloo-blu-bulava does not want his certificates scrutinised? Certificates are issued by institutions across the globe for public scrutiny and accountability. No institution will issue a certificate that can never be subjected to public verification. Be guided and educated.
Nobody is hiding anything. Those certificates have been in the public domain for a long time. Even Reno went there to check. But right now, PDP is turning this thing into a Circus, jumping up and down on someone certificate as if that is where their mandate is hidden. Therefore, it's not a bad thing for Tinubu to defend himself.
SSFeedsNigeria: Something terrible and scary is happening to Nigeria but many aren't even aware. Since Tinubu emerged as president, virtually every sector of our economy is fast collapsing. Thousands of SME's are closing down everyday across Nigeria while big corporations are selling off their assets in Nigeria and moving elsewhere! Millions of people have joined the unemployment market and others will soon join too if nothing drastic is done to save our economy. Already, the latest data on global employment reported that Nigeria currently has the world's highest unemployment rate. Yet it keeps getting worse!
Below are some of the sectors and companies that have already left or about to do so in the last few months alone:
“As a result, millions are losing their jobs and our poverty index is worsening, even though we're already being perceived as the world’s poverty capital. The multinationals that are leaving our country have not only created jobs but have created immeasurable training that contributed immensely to our human capital development over the years.
“Now they are leaving our shores one after the other. GSK which has a manufacturing facility in Agbara, Ogun State on over 25 hectares of land had directly employed over 400 highly technical workers like pharmacists, microbiologists, biochemists, chemists, dentists, doctors etc, and also employed over 1000 other staff.
Unfortunately, some Nigerians are still playing politics of tribalism and religious sentiments while the president is more concerned about a coup in Niger republic.
What happens when everything collapses? Who will save Nigeria or is this end?!
Oga, stop wailing! Campaign is over. GSK yen! yen!! yen!!! Apple producing iPhone parts in China, does that mean US government is not performing? Rubbish. GSK will still sell their products in Nigeria. It is just the business model they want to implement.
All this one is long story. INEC laid down their guidelines in line with the electoral act and marred it.
Writing the law can not change the fact.
well, let the court decide. Don't say the judges have been bribed when they decide against you and your candidate. Because that will be another round of serious wailing and blackmail.
How can you type the bolded with a straight face? INEC has the right to choose the process. INEC made a decision. The President used multiple sources to educate Nigerians of the process.
INEC made a manual and released it to all electoral officers instructing them of the process.
Unless you want to argue plain fact, INEC, not just the chairman abandoned the laid down process chosen by INEc.
Oga! INEC guidelines are not sacrosanct. What is sacrosanct is the electoral act and for that matter, it is not 100% sacrosanct. The electoral act still whittle itself down by having a clause called "NON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE". Therefore, picking one part of the act and saying this and this were not done therefore the election should be cancelled does not hold even one drop of water. There's reason for this. Nigeria is not in control of all the factors that can affect the election. Since this is the case, it will be unwise to be rigid as that would mean the electoral authority would be open to blackmail, or intimidation. Things like natural disasters or human/artificial challenges can stop our election. For example, the glitch on the election day could have stopped the election if INEC were not at liberty to decide how elections are conducted. Now, if the elections were postponed because of a glitch, what if it happens again on the postponed date? Then again and again? Does it mean we will not conduct elections again? Make una dey think well o!
That is why we spent over #300 billion for the elections. INEC made their choice and made sure verification of results are real time. Whether in Borno, Sokoto or Abia State. Real time verification.
INEC put it in their manual and shared to all electoral officers. That was their chosen standard. No one forced or compelled them.
Then all over the country, not just a place, their chosen system and advertised means of verification did not happen.
That marred the election. Even Tinubu's lawyers could not defend it.
I wonder how you guys are able to type rubbish with a straight face! Whatever INEC chairman said, it is not the law. INEC chairman does not make laws. The law is what it is and it is derived from the electoral act. Anything outside the electoral act is bunkum.
Politics / Re: FG Sacks Advertising Standard Panel Over ‘All Eyes On The Judiciary’ Billboard by Enice(m): 8:03pm On Aug 15, 2023 
Seriously! Ok, Obasanjo, Gowon and Buhari were heads of state before 40. Dangote, Otedola, and Elumelu were billionaires before 40. Okonjo Iweala, Adichie Chimamanda and Pat Utomi were professors before 40. Oya compare! 