masseratti: how? cant they have it under the NJC? the national assembly is really a problematic institution, better still make it independent like inec and cbn.
Those institutions are not even independent. The presidency can pressure any of them.
#IStandWithTheNass on this. Do same to EFCC, strengthen the commission and make it totally independent with the power to appoint officials vested in the Judiciary and the power to remove to them vested in a special joint session of the Nass. The independence should include the power to send their budget directly to the Nass and not through the Presidency, and all senior officers should be granted immunity from any form of arrest throughout the period in office. They will be called into action through public petition and not directive of any entity.
tchaik: It is high time. I guess the Saraki situation made them to sit up. Even the so called amendment is not complete yet. The Tribunal should totally be under the Judiciary and not the Presidency.
The amendment moved it to the National Assembly. Moving it to the Judiciary is tantamount to having it within the Presidency.
Sorry, the Jan 2015 edition featured Jonathan, yet Buhari won. Trump is the best choice for America and world peace. Middle East will enjoy a Trump presidency than Hillary's, but the media won't allow them see the truth in this. #TrumpBuildTheWall
The Idiot forgot that those food were paid for. The south is the North's largest market and should the South boycott their foods, poverty in the region will triple. I don't need to remind them that importation is like drinking to an Igbo man. Nobody threatens an Igbo man with anything that is importable. He should get this into his f**king skull.
Gaddafithe2nd: Na mouth Una get. Your Ogas like Tompolo is on the run, crying like a baby. You can't win this war. I dey pity una. If not the rules of engagement, I would have advice FG to level the whole community but the innocents ones are the hindrance. 48 hours your region would turn to an arid land.
U guys kept talking about leveling a whole community. For pete's sake, are guys silly? Deal with the Avengers decisively but remove the ND in ur chest beatings. 48 hrs? With Alpha jet? Lol. It is that easy and Sambisa is still standind. Idiot.
Its no longer news in Aba that about 5000 ammunitions were recovered in two mosques in Aba. The question now is why is no mainstream media not reporting this; and why hasn't the government issued a press release.
Ilovemystate: Our people know little about ancient kingdom Nri, Eze Nri is sacred Igbo leader all Igbo kings allegiances to, Nri ji ofor Igbo that's what is called, he is not like other Igbo kings.
The Kingdom of Nri (948 - 1911) was the West African medieval state of the Nri-Igbo, a subgroup of the Igbo people, and is the oldest kingdom in Nigeria. The kingdom was a center of learning, religion, and commerce in pre-colonial West Africa. The Kingdom of Nri was unusual in the history of world government in that its leader exercised no military power over his subjects. The kingdom existed as a sphere of religious and political influence over much of Igboland, and was administered by a priest-king called the eze Nri.The eze Nri managed trade and diplomacy on behalf of the Igbo people, and possessed divine authority in religious matters. The eze Nri had the privilege of making the Oguji, or yam medicine, which he distributed to all towns that subjected themselves to him. In exchange, people from surrounding towns would come in and pay tribute. Traveling delegations carrying a palm frond (omu) were considered protected and no one would attack or harm them.For many centuries, the people within the Nri hegemony were committed to peace. This religious pacifism was rooted in a belief that violence was an abomination which polluted the earth. Instead, the eze Nri could declare a form of excommunication against those who violated specific taboos.
Eri
Eri is said to be the original legendary cultural head of the Nri-Igbo, a subgroup of the Igbo people. From oral and recorded accounts, he is said to come down from the sky, having been sent by God (Chukwu). Eri settled and established in the middle of Anambra river valley where he married two wives. The first wife, Nneamaku, bore him five children. The second was Nri Ifikuanim, the founder of the Kingdom of Nri (Umunri), while the other children founded settlements of their own.Nri Ifikuanim migrated from Aguleri, the ancestral temple of the people, in search of a place of settlement. His second wife Oboli begot Onoja, the only son, who founded the Igala Kingdom in Kogi State.
Dawn of Man
Divine Eri, eze Nri; priest-king to the Igbo people, the heavens have granted us your grace, and we are surely blessed. Through the pursuit of peace and harmony, you forged without arms an allegiance of the Igbo communities which would become the Nri Kingdom. For centuries, Nri would stand as a realm of great prosperity and, uniquely, as a place where slavery was forbidden, and where all escaped slaves were welcomed as free men. Today, the religious authority which you once held remains as an integral part of traditional, Igbo society, and the devout legacy of your people lives on.
Why is that every monarch in igboland is either known as EZE and IGWE but obi of onitsha is different.?
Why is obi of onitsha dressing different from all monarchs in igboland ..??
Why is OBI of onitsha dress like benin monarch..?
Why is that any OBI of onitsha must make sacrifice to all dieties in benin kingdom after he ascends throne..?
Why did Nnamdi Azikiwe said Onitsha people re not pure igbo descendants..?
Obi is purely an Igbo language. Every head of family in Igboland has an obi, let's just call it his oval office nd receives dignitaries there. The Obi passes to the eldest son at the demise of the father. The Obi Gad (Obi of Gad, the son of Jacob) is in Nri. There is a section of the Sacred Palace that is known as Obi Gad. The descendant of Heaven (Igwe), the Ezenri presides over proceedings at the Obi. Obi is not a corruption of Oba, nor does it mean king. The Obi of onitsha is formally known as Igwe Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha. Onitsha was a kingdom under the former ancient Nri Empire, an Empire that precedes that of Bini. FYI, the Obi does not dress like the Oba, there are similarities, but dresses mch like the descendant of Heaven.
Adaure4ever: Obiano is not wearing his image cloth today. Lols. Obi of onitsha is very matured and has some class. Obi of Onitcha, Igwe of Nnewi and EzeAro of Arochukwu. Three traditional monarchs that I admire in the South East.
Don't forget the descendant of Heaven, His Majesty, the Ezenri, the custodian of the sacred throne of Eri, the Son of Gad, the son of Jacob. Am from Abia, but my primary allegiance lies to my King, the Igwe (Son of Heaven) of Igboland.
Beremx: The fool was born and raised in Enugu yet he has the mind to murder his hosts.
Wicked!
Fulanis herdmen are not civilized enough to live in a civilian society. The price market and will surely pay in full. Kudo to Abia state government for re-activating the dreaded Bakasi boys. The govt should proscribe them as a terrorist group.
bakynes: Make dem put am into consideration say Lagos no b their papa land. If they come to lagos na War b that between the Yorubas and the Niger delta minorities.OPC must be on guard with their vodoo powers and charms.
Stop threatening war. I believe u haven't heard of Egbesu before. We should approach this matter diplomatically.
fiizznation: I don't make noise online my friend. If I wanted to make noise as you said; believe you me, I would have opened a thread about how the militants, the corrupt navy personnels and also the silly oil companies can be dealt with once and for all. First, who are even the avengers? I hope you know Mr tompolo is the man behind the avengers group. How did I know this? Simple. You see in all of their(avengers) letters, they always issue out some silly threats to tompolo thinking they are deceiving everybody.
I don't want to go into much details about these new pipelines vandalism by tompolo, corrupt navy officers and the oil companies. Like I said before, we should all sit and watch how everything unfolds
Is His Excellency your father or do u intend to attack them with ur cowardly fulani herdsmen marauders?
irunooboo: Chest Beaters The fulanis will get their grazing bill signed to law soon.
Goodluck to them. The East will never cede an inch of her territory to a potential terrorist. Like our Governor rightly said yesterday on radio, Abia will never cede any land.
DaBullIT: How about Hausas and Yorubas begin a protest right now , calling for the ECOWAS,ICC,OPEC and all other concerned bodies to deal with the menace of Yeeebos , they are the ones blowing up pipelines and killing the economy and i am sure OPEC would not like the idea that a tribe is sabotaging the economy of another country, Maybe they'll invade and wipe out the whole Igbo race , Maybe they'll just sue the governors , maybe they'll bring military presence , who knows what it will yeild , But i am sure it won't be ignored
That would be giving the ibos a taste of their own medicine , and anyone / everyone who hails the vandals (98%) of them does should be punished as well
Mynd44 , this is not wishing harm on any tribe this is an analysis
[size=1pt] now i expect some basteurds to quote me and insult me for categorizing Ibos together .. Guess what, that's how the Hausa and Fulani people feel when you go protesting shouting about Fulani , that's how the rest of Nigeria feels when you protest on unjustifiable causes [/size]
Adminisher: No he is killing the dregs of the Niger Delta, corrupt Ibo petrol smugglers (sorry importers) and people who have stolen Nigeria's money. He also does not give two hoots and Bleep for whatever you call him. He is grim, determined and will DO what he has been programmed by God to do .
The platform blown up is just a valve manifold. Nigeria will not lose a kobo from it. All other producing installations will increase their daily production to make up for it. Even Chevron will not lose much
U av narrowed the problems of this country to SS/SE. What about those that commercialized terrorism and suicide bombing? GoodLuck
Fulani herdsmen is a false flag operation, an undercover terrorist activities to Islamize the country by providing justification for the passage of the Grazing Reserve Bill. That bill is the grand tool to islamize the country.
muri4mig: And some of these senators will receive the bitten of their life when they visit their constituency for daring PMB (Isah Misau). Most of them from APC rode to that seat using PMB name. It's nonsensical to drag his name in mud having enjoyed his goodwill and expect the member of your constituency who see PMB as second to none to seat and watch you mess him up.
disloman: Cry mi a river.Some of you don't know what's happening or you know but keep posting trash.We might have be going through a lot but things have to be done in a normal way of doing things.APC is a blessing in disguise.Only the sane knows what I mean.This is a party where we have good people who want go things for Nigerians.Not where robbing paul to pay peter party.
Standing5: Bad act it is, but was as a result of provocation from the Shìt people.
****GEJ was stoned in the North and nothing happened, T.A Orji was stoned countless number of times in Aba and nothing happened. A COAS was stoned and 350 went to their grave. It was disproportionate, excessive use of force on civilian population.
It is time this group is proscribed as a terrorist group. If it was IPOB's peaceful protest, the Army will would have flexed their muscle since. #Hypocrits
Joborskill, I know that bill will never stand. Even if passed, can never be implementable in the East. Thanks for SR for publishing the phone numbers of our senators. Am APGA, but am beginning to love Abaribe.
That bill shouldn't stand. Imagine the bill granting power to the commission to acquire any land they think is suitable for grazing in any part of the world. Govt can kill investment in any part of the country at will, by invoking this law to acquire any land that had been designated for investment. With the level of tribalism in this country, it will definitely happen. Killing investment with it.
It is also the shortest route to islamize the country. It is time we call our senators and warn them about the bill. Am afraid, the activities of the herdsman might be a sanctioned false flag operation to islamize the country. We should reject the bill in its entirety.
Support this bill and watch how our land with be invaded.
jailsarakiCCT: Nonsense we dey expect saraki news you dey bring second hand news
Jail saraki? U go wait tire. Saraki's ordeal is politically motivated, if u think otherwise, the FG should probe all asset declaration form of all present and past political office holders.