Emperor2463: A Chinese restaurant in Lagos has been shut down by the federal government for refusing to allow Nigerians into their restaurant simply because they were blacks.
I think we should applaud the federal government on this because a Nigerian can not be racially abused in his or her own country.
knowhowk: Monarch has existed for many Years before modern Governance,It's still strange that a Governor is the one that presents staff of Office to Traditional Ruler even Dethroned an Emir.
Legality and the powers that comes with certain offices are the reasons my Dear.
Democracy as a form of governance is to the effect that absolute power residing on one man/office is wrong.
A Governor is an elected servant of the people he governs under social contract and for a definite tenure. An Emir may so serve for his entire lifetime and if he should wield more powers than the Governor, then it will be excessive of powers for an individual who serves for lifetime in that capacity.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
(My comment here however does not have anything to do with the rightness or wrongness of SLS's dethronement).
Susu888: Where are the pictures of them schools? ...Stop telling lies. Ain't no almajiri schools, maybe that was what GEJ intended but that was not what was on ground.
He might have budgeted and even spent for it but he should look for the minister whom the project was under his domain to explain the reality on ground.
GEJ actually built those Almajiri model schools of large sizes. Each has more than 30 class rooms and of morden structures and roofing.
All the core northern states has it.
1). If you go through Bauchi Gombe road, its immediately after Bauchi township, by the military check point.
2). If you go through Gombe to Kano road, immediately after Kwami town.
Kano, Jigawa, etc all has it. To argue GEJ didn't build Almajiri schools is tantamount to saying the sun does not rise from the east and set in the west
madridguy: Congratulations to the new Emir of Kano.
This life is so unpredictable. Truly friends turn enemy are greatest enemies. Imagine Gov. Ganduje doing this to the former Emir, the same man Ganduje and his former boss, Kwankwaso fought for to be install as the Emir.
When they say tomorrow is pregnant, truly tomorrow is pregnant.
Dimka Odumegwu Ojukwu of Biafra-Biafaa or Bia-Kpara, Ogoni version! With due respect to reasonable Igbos and the public. It isn't proper to rejoice over anyone's death. I'm also not doing so, rather pointing to the man Ojukwu. I hope readers would understand my truth that can be found through history and can't be disproved otherwise.
Ojukwu, who was good in his own right couldn't stand Ken Saro-Wiwa and his truth about Ogoni-saving our people from Biafra and Ojukwu's madness and greed (popularly known as Nigerian-Biafran Civil War, 1967-1970), was the number one coward.
Ojukwu sold Biafra due to his greed for oil and disrespect for Ogonis and other minorities of today's Niger delta. Biafra was mostly harshed due to the presence of Ogoni/Niger delta oil. If it succeeded Ogonis, who were already enslaved by Igbos in Ogoni land will be registered slaves today. Saro-Wiwa saw this and fought against it. Thus his crime at the hands of Ojukwu and other Biafran praise-singers who then sought Saro-Wiwa's head.
Meanwhile, Ojukwu ran away from his people at a critical moment into exile. Millions of innocent Igbos (Ogonis and other minorities also died in numbers at home and Igbo camps) killed while he ran away.
No wonder seasoned Igbos, including late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe refused to support Ojukwu and his Biafran insanity!
Though Ojukwu returned from Ivory Coast under Shehu Shagari or so. He couldn't have the opportunity to fight to revive Biafra again. This was contrary to the saying: he who fight and run away lives to fight another day.
Saro-Wiwa stood by his people to the end. He's a global hero while Ojukwu is the Igbo coward!
As mentioned inter alia, death is an inevitable end, so not proper to rejoice over the death of others. I'm not rejoicing over Ojukwu's death. Ojukwu's death, however, can't come without the truth about him, unlike the lies he told abroad about Saro-Wiwa and Ogonis. I hope readers may understand.
Because Ojukwu was cheap, greedy, yet with one of the best education but knew nothing to do with it, he's bribed by the Federal government of Nigeria (under Sanni Abacha), sponsored abroad to justify the world's environmental and human rights hero's (Saro-Wiwa) unjust hanging.
The coward in Ojukwu couldn't get away with that trash! He's bathed in rotten eggs; a high profile disgrace given in the West, when he went to London justifying Saro-Wiwa's unjust death of Nov. 10, 1995.
Today, Ojukwu is left to the Igbos of his kind and some Nigerians such as Goodluck Jonathan, who love violence and has already said, according to Sahara Reporters' Nov. 26 report, "Ojukwu's place in Nigerian history is assured."
Anyone still unsure that Jonathan and his Nigerian cabal hate Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni? How shameful to see a country love and honor violence and trash nonviolence and intellectual discussions, arguments for rights (as with Saro-Wiwa and Ogonis) and freedoms to the cutters!
That is the Nigeria run by the so-called majority ethnic groups for you. We can see Boko Haram like Ojukwu's Biafra, in action, supported also by Jonathan and his Hausa counterparts. We can see Jonathan sit and look confused, not sure of what to do with Boko (like he paid off Niger delta militants whose agitation was just, if not their greed and unintellectual approach) begging for help from America.
Finally, is Jonathan, one of the Ojukwu-Biafran violent praise-singer confused about the peaceful Ogonis, their just agitation for political, social and economic justice, ruined environment? No! He and the Federal government is hardened, waiting for a period when news may come that all Ogonis are extinct due to environmental degradation and government, $hell's inaction and stupidity. Shame on Nigeria, because Ogoni, which is older than Nigeria will live to shame the Ojukwus and its Nigerian oppressors!
"Witcher" you sound so embittered and full of complaints.
Why don't you start from where we will understand, like from the beginning of what grieves you. Let's hear it please.
gidgiddy: The British officers at Kaduna kept wondering what an Oxford graduate was doing as a private in the Army and sent him for officers course in England. Ojukwu returned in 1957 and was commissioned a second Lieutenant, the first graduate to join the Nigerian Army.
Ojukwu rose rapidly through the Army. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1958, Captain in 1960, Major in 1962 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1964.
Ojukwu was commander of the 4th battalion, Kano, when the first coup happened in January 1966.
As the coup unfolded, Major Nzeogwu called on Ojukwu to join the coup to which Ojukwu refused. Ojukwus refusal to join Nzeogwu is one of the major reasons why Nzeogwu's coup eventually failed.
General Ironsi then siezed power and appointed Ojukwu Military Governor of the Eastern Region.
6 months later, mid-level officers of the Nigerian of Northern extraction conducted a coup that led to the overthrow and killing of Ironsi, and the installment of Lt Yakubu Gowon as head of state. The coup also greenlighted a pogrom in which over 30,000 Easterners, mainly Igbos, were killed all over Nigeria, particularly in the North.
The inability of Gowon to stop the killings, the resentment in the Eastern Region against his government and the fact that Ojukwu was senior to Gowon caused bad blood between both men
The crisis became so bad that the then President of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, intervened and invited both Gowon and Ojukwu to his Hiltop Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, for peace talks in January of 1967.
After two days of discussions, Ojukwu and Gowon signed an agreement that was to be known as the Aburi Accord.
A few months after their return from Ghana, Gowon broke the Aburi accord they signed by issuing decree 14 of 1967 which abolished all the 4 Regions, created 12 states, reversed the fical federalism practiced, changed the revenue sharing formular, all in a bid to increase the power of the North over the rest of Nigeria
For Ojukwu, it was the last straw. Ojukwu convened the Eastern Nigerian Consultative Forum, a body that comprised of all the chiefs and head of the 20 provinces that made up the Eastern Region. They sat and discussed for 2 days and mandated Ojukwu to declare the Eastern Region a separate country. On the 30th of May 1967, Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region a separate country called the Republic of Biafra.
In retaliation, Gowon declared war. The war raged on for 3 years and ended in January 1970 with Ojukwu handing over to his deputy, General Effiong, flying into exile in Ivory Coast and the subsequent surrender of Biafra.
Ojukwu later returned from exile 12 years later. He died in London in 2011 aged 78. His burial remains the greatest ever witnessed in Nigeria
Ojukwu is still revered by most Igbos because they believe he fought for their freedom.
Gidgidy, this post is precise and inspiring.
We need more from you. I heartily commend you. Thanks
[quote author=made4naijamusic post=87178538]A video showing the moment an angry wife busted her husband and his side chic having a good time at a hotel in Benin city on Wednesday March 4th, has gone viral.
The video showed the wife attacking the side chic. She went as far as tearing the dress the side chic had on, revealing her private part. The intervention of the security officers at the hotel, helped to salvage the situation from getting worse.
MansoryMX: South Africa as an economy in recession is far far better than Nigeria. You people should have some shame in this dead country. Our zero % in terms of security and 1000% in corruption is more than enough to put us at last position when comparing countries with standards in Africa.
MetaPhysical: I thought they were paid a huge sum to become repentant. What happened to the money, not enough....they want more This is why you dont reward terrorists. Soon as their money run out they will escalate terror. Yet, Buhari did not find it odd when he told the rest of Governors to do what Matwalle did in Zamfara to restore security.
El Rufai gave them money to stop them from attacking Southern Kaduna and kidnapping for ransom. When the money ran out they took to highway kidnapping and ransom. Now that they want more money from Rufai and started back terrorizing Souther Kaduna.
Masari in Katsina invited bandits to surrender weapon in exchange for money and forgiveness. The bandits did not surrender their assault rifles.....instead they surrendered locally made dane guns that fires gun powder and pellets. They used the money to acquire more assault rifles and expanded their recruitment. Now they have more members than before the forgiveness.
Matawalle in Zamfara banned Hausa vigilante group and invited fulani bandits to government house for negotiation. After their meeting he called the commander of the military operation and told him to stop assault on bandits. He announced and said bandits are now repentant. He announced a huge allocation out of Zamfara budget to go towards rehabilitation of repentant bandits. Bandits released their kidnapped victims, including some district heads. Few months later, they went back and rekidnapped all those district heads and the people earlier released. One district head lost his son to them while he remained captive. They said government had not honored the deal. They started back raiding villages. When military commander renewed his assault on them they crossed into Katsina and started going village by village killing people and abducting district heads.
Northern leadership should be blamed. When they realized the rest of the country acted unconcerned they started exporting their bandits Southward. There were several cases of towns or villages waking up and finding truckloads of unexplained fulanis in their community. It happened in Obudu, it happened in Enugu, it happened in Ondo.
Look, this is not a Nigerian problem. This is North problem to deal with. By cajoling this rubbish the rest of the country is acting as an enabler. Our leaders need to tell Arewa Elders and Nothern Forum to find solution to this issue locally. If they want to reward and rehabilitate unrepentant terrorists, fine....na their problem...let them deal with it over there.
Boss, your post caught my attention.
You sound so informed on the issues you raised in your comment.
Do you really have a perfect solution for this unfortunate situation Nigeria find herself?
I ask this of you because there is no problems without solution.
THE FLOODGATES OF INDEFINITE LITIGATION EVEN AT THE SPEX COURT MUST NOT BE LEFT OPEN AT ALL.
Every loser in a court case would wish to have the decision he finds unfavorable upturned even on the most trivial of grounds. But it will be pointless if there should be no end to a litigation.
Samade7: So u want their lives to be wasted? Boko boys are carry more sophisticated weapons. Ur mumu president never care about the welfare of those guys.
writeprof: Typical mindset of the educated and political elites from his side of the Niger area while they ship their children abroad. Can he compare the environment where his son is 'studying' to the ones millions of 'slaves' children' under their captivity are learning. How is Almajiri the culture of Northern Nigeria Muslims and not that of the original owners of the religion- SAUDI ARABIA?
sarrki: Almajiri is a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. Almajiri derives from an Arabic word, rendered "al-Muhajirun" in English literal translation, meaning a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge.
Underaged children are mostly the victims they begged and cater for themselves at an early age Some at age 5
Almajiranci is our pride and our honor. Yes! we agreed that the program should be reformed but it should not be condemned. No sane society will destroy its culture but seek to reform. All advanced countries value their heritage, why not us?
— Adamu B. Garba II, Msc, MNIIA, FIDPM (@adamugarba) February 21, 2020
The son Adamu is using as example here is well dressed, well housed and well fed. How do you compare this with the typical Almajiris on the streets of Kano, Kaduna, Zaria, Sokoto, zamfara, kebbi, Bauchi, Kastina, Gombe, Yola, etc?
Hypocrisy is what is hampering progress in our country. Many of the almajiris on the streets of northern Nigeria are not just malnourished. They are unwell, many with physical ailments without attention from the "Mallam" in whose care they are supposed to be.
Two days ago, I saw in the street of one of the States in Northern Nigeria, a young boy of about 7years whose both legs are ridden with open wounds. Round on each leg. I even snapped the leg and posted on Facebook, drawing attention to the plight of the young child. The little I was able to do was sending a friend, fellow northern Muslim who took the boy to a drug store where medications were bought for him. One for surface application to stop the itching which prevents the boy from sleeping at night, and the other for oral application.
Mallam Adamu do not know the plights of the Almajiri children in Nigeria in as much as his child's Quranic study is (in his opinion) the same with Almajiri conditions.
STDisReal: Hello guys, Please i need a business that I can start with 1 million naira and it will be fetching me between 5 - 10k daily. I will like if it meets the following specifications Type of business: Offline Less supervision: I have a stressful 9 - 5 work Easy accountability Location - Abuja
I can help you if you're flexible on the specifications you gave
The reply/reaction so far is bellow expectation. The few Nairalanders that have used the contact provided have been noted. More contacts needed from interested persons.
Smartchoiiice: I barely can last 5 seconds while doing kerewa. My girlfriends have cheated, insulted and broken up with me because of this....
Please what can I do about it? It is getting real embarrassing these days.
Advise me please.... and no insults.
If you are not suffering any known illness, or real pain any part of your body; then you don't have problem.
Improve your diet by consciously eating more fruits and vegetables than you normally do.
Eat much of date-palm fruits (debino in Hausa) and avoid groundnut/vegetable oil as well as all fast foods.
DON'T ACCEPT THE USE OF SEX ENHANCING DRUGS. FROM THE WAY YOU ARE SOUNDING, WE MUST WARN YOU: WE AREN'T INTERESTED IN SEING ANOTHER DEAD BODY OF A GUY WHO GAVE UP ON TOP OF A LADY.
AIIyIic: How can we contact you. Also, for the mods to push it to the front page, they have to see a practical example of what you are offering. They can't just push anything to the front just because you requested
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