₦airaland Forum

Ileke-IdI:
They were recognize because of their rising number in the education sector.
Not saying that Africans are not equally brilliant or motivated, but we have yet to reach THAT level. Increasing population without having anything to do with that population is worthless.

Every time [b]A [/b]child is born, rejoice.

Trust me, we Africans can compete with the Chinese and Indians when it comes to education. However, population matters in this day and age my dear.

No, I want more black children. It took us till last year to reach a billion people on the continent. We need to keep on having children. So it is your duty to produce a bunch of Ekiti children. lol

How Nigerian-born broadcaster facilitated arms shipment

By PHILIP NWOSU
Sunday, November 14, 2010

A Nigerian-born broadcaster who worked for Radio Tehran has been named in the illegal arms shipment into Nigeria by some Iranians.
The broadcaster, who is based in Iran and worked for the Hausa language service of that country’s radio station, was alleged to have given endorsement to one of the Iranians, clearing the way for his visa to travel to Nigeria.

A key security source informed that the broadcaster, who was identified as Sheikh Ali Abbas Othman, cleared the way for Azimi Agajany, one of the men alleged to have organized the secret arms shipment through a Tehran-based company, International Trading and General Construction.
Intelligence report also revealed that the Nigerian journalist, who is presently in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS), also goes by the name Abbas Jega.

His associates said contrary to reports that he was still in Tehran, the cleric was whisked away by SSS operatives in his office in Abuja last Tuesday. They also denied reports that he visits Nigeria regularly and delivers lectures at various Muslim fora around the country, saying that the cleric is based in Nigeria because he left Tehran about five years ago. But, security sources insisted that Sheikh Abbas was a frequent visitor to the Nigerian Embassy in Tehran in recent years.

The Sheikh, Sunday Sun learnt, deals in carpets, visas, air conditioners and property, and has actually introduced many Iranians to the Nigerian Embassy in Tehran over the years for the purpose of acquiring visa. His associates said he has been a visa facilitator for many years.

Security sources in Abuja also said at the weekend that it was the detained cleric, who disclosed to the SSS the two businessmen said to be hiding in the Iranian Embassy and that they were actually the importers of the weapons.
An Iranian Embassy staff in Abuja, who spoke on phone on condition of anonymity, said Agajany obtained his visa from the Nigerian Embassy in Tehran by claiming that he was in a hurry to get to Nigeria to clear the consignment because it was already attracting demurrage.

However, the second Iranian said to be hiding in the embassy, Sayeed Akbar Tahmaesebi, did not obtain his visa from the Nigerian Embassy in Tehran. These revelations came just as it was gathered that the weapons, mainly of artillery shells, hand grenades and mortars, including their launchers, have been taken into custody by the Nigerian Army.

The artillery rockets and other weapons, loaded in 13 shipping containers that were labelled as building materials, were seized on October 26 at the Apapa Port in Lagos.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/nov/14/national-14-11-2010-013.htm

Ileke-IdI:
War has a way of decreasing one's population, and I pray that ti does not become Nigeria's portion.

How exactly has increasing the black population [in Africa] changed anything?

It hasn't changed anything yet, because we have not reached the level where people can start noticing us. You see nations like India and China whose billion population is recognized by the rest of the world? Population matters. That is why I say keep on have more black babies.

Every time a black child is born, I smile.

Ileke-IdI:
Well, yes, it is very horrible.

Time will tell how Nigeria revolves its issues. And it BETTER NOT involve anything that has to do with dwindling the population of Ekiti State.

Why would we want to dwindle any population? I actually enjoy the increase of the black population on this planet. Africa is a sparsely populated continent compared to other continents.

Ileke-IdI:
hmmmm

But to answer your question, I would not want war. My father has told me too many stories that can keep anyone up for days.

Ileke-IdI:
I'm actually on the first 20 mins of it. I keep closing my eyes. I'm going to have to stop, too fragile for this

So does EzeUche still want a civil war?

Who said I wanted a civil war? If there is peaceful means to split this nation, I would opt for that. No one wants war. But sometimes war is necessary to throw off the yoke of tyranny.

OAM4J:
is there a link with English subtitles? I will like to watch.

I couldn't find it. The other one was in French, but I watch the English Creole movie.

Ileke-IdI:
O.M.G, this movie is awful!

I was actually discussing the movie with my Americo-Liberian friends. They were basically saying, that the movie really portrayed the conflict exactly what happened.

WOW!

Ileke-IdI:
Ok, can you guys then discuss, so that I can "learn"?
Abi, what am I supposed to learn from "We will never forget" or from Dede1's usual garbage

Read this. . . http://usfweb3.usf.edu/absoluteNM/templates/?a=1762&z=40

I hope it explains everything. Asaba brings out a lot of emotions. Especially, amongst the Delta Igbo themselves who suffered I believe the most of any Igbo group. 2/3 of their population was wiped out during the war.

My dearest Ileke-Idi, you have a lot to learn about Nigerian history I am sad to say.  If something pertains to Asaba and massacre, people will bring up Murtala Mohammed. . . Not Awolowo! 

Do not soil this memorial thread to the people who lost their lives in that incident.

chyz:
You bring up awolowo but the person he was talking about on the currency is Murtala Mohammed. I guess you haven't been back home in a while.

I told you all about her! lol

You can tell she hasn't been back home. Everyone knows he is on ₦ 20 Naira.

Ileke-IdI:
They're prolly the best looking group of ppl in Nigeria. . . . after the Hausas.

But those two groups sabi violence sha

I think it is the Shuwa Arabs, Fulani, Kanuri and then Hausa.

These pictures of Fulani were probably taken of them in their homeland of Senegal.

SapeleGuy:
How can people forgive when the perpetrator of this crime is immortalised on our currency?

Gbam!

Ileke-Idi,

Here is a link to the movie. This is a live stream from a Chinese website. No viruses.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/RWxMlvbwjUI/

Enjoy!

SapeleGuy:
There should be mutual respect. My part of SS was never 1 with the SE. It was the only democratically created state in the history of Nigeria.  We shouldn't fight one another nor live in each others pockets. Good politics is local, make everybody repair their side - And I mean this with respect and without animosity.

What part of the SS do you hail from if you do not mind me asking? Yes, it should be on mutual respect. I have no problem with fiscal federalism for the SS. It your oil, it should be up to you all how it should be spent on projects etc.

They do not even respect elders!

stillwater:
That's not wining, just pure butt shaking for a Nigerian. Yorubas are experts in that.

This is what we mean by wind for a Nigerian.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHN3M1hz6R4?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash]

Chineke me! Chineke me! Chineke me! Chai!

IYA NGBALI:
one day wen i bcome the president i would name nigeria after awolowo,i would call it FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AWOLOWO,anybody wey no like am fit leave the country or go jump inside fire,up AWOOOOOOOOOOOO

You want war?

Say this is a joke.

SapeleGuy:
True federalism or Rotation based on 1 term of 5 years. As I said SS & SE have been short changed.

I am a firm believer that there needs to be coordination amongst the SS & SE. We were once one. United we are stronger.

I love his music. A wonderful illustration of Yoruba culture is embodied in this man. His music is so mesmerizing.

Disgrace to the Igbo race.

SapeleGuy:
South South doesn't equal Ijaw.

My point is that the current system is designed to fail.

I was being facetious.

Shrewd Awolowo. . . We can hate the man all we want, but we cannot deny that he was a brilliant strategist/politician.

If only Nnamdi Azikiwe realized the truth about Nigeria. *smh*

chyz:
The South South will be up in arms or the Ijaw? And also who in the presidential race is giving an effort to go by zoning? A zone can not constitute a region, at least not in nigeria.

South-South = Ijaw now

Haven't you heard?

Forget about the Itsekiri, Ikwerre, Ogoni, Ibibio etc

chyz:
Yes, are u not the small boy in the film?.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R5TUXFXKpk&feature=related[/flash]

Never show that film again! It looks so wrong, but it is their custom.

Ileke-IdI:
For one minute there, I thought we were talking about his Wife.
I was soo ecstatic!

lol You were not the only one.

afam4eva:
We shall forgive but not forget.

Some of us will. Can't forgive until people show remorse and recognize the many atrocities that were committed against our people.

I am still looking for an apology from northerners about the Pogroms in the North.

We will never forget.

Special Report: The Asaba Memorial Project

October 1967. In Nigeria, on the west coast of Africa, civil war raged. Ethnic and cultural differences fueled the fighting, which followed the secession of the mostly Igbo region to the east of the Niger River, an area renamed Biafra.

Nigerian government troops had arrived in Asaba, an ethnically-Igbo town on the west bank of the Niger that remained part of Nigeria. On Oct. 7, 1967, federal troops gathered up men and older boys, accusing them of Biafran sympathies. They opened fire on the terrified group, and as many as 700 people were slaughtered. The bodies were buried in several unmarked, mass graves. Little historical documentation exists about the killings and for decades it appeared the massacre would remain forgotten.

But in 2001, a few witnesses told their stories to a Nigerian Truth Commission, and the Nigerian head of state during the civil war made a public apology to the people of Asaba.

Now a movement to create a permanent memorial to those killed in the massacre is gathering interest, and several researchers at the University of South Florida are involved.

The USF team, in conjunction with supporters in Asaba and Lagos, Nigeria, and the USF Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, are spearheading an Asaba Memorial Project initiative. The goal is to break the silence, honor the dead, develop a historic record of the event and secure funding to build the permanent memorial.

Erin H. Kimmerle, a forensic anthropologist in the USF Department of Anthropology, initiated the project, and first visited Nigeria in 2008. In 2009,S. Elizabeth Bird, professor of  Anthropology, and Fraser Ottanelli, professor and chair of the USF Department of History, traveled to Nigeria to initiate the historical documentation through eye-witness testimony.

Bird and Ottanelli visited Asaba again in June 2010, where more video interviews were conducted with witnesses and survivors of the 1967 shootings and meetings held with community leaders to further the discussion around building a permanent memorial and museum. They are currently writing grants to make that vision a reality.

While Bird and Ottanelli are now leading the historical reconstruction efforts, Kimmerle, along with Chuck Massucci, a Tampa police homicide detective and adjunct instructor in the anthropology department, has been focusing on a project funded by the National Institutes for Justice in which they are working with Lagos State University to provide teaching and training on forensic anthropology to medical staff in the nation largest city. A forensic examination of the Asaba graves is a future possibility.

The group blogged during the June 2010 trip, and their observations, photos and videos are included in the blog, which can be viewed by clicking here.

An overview of the Asaba Memorial Project, can be viewed in this link. It includes historical information, interviews, resources on the project, how to help support the project and contact information.

http://asabamemorial.org/news/press/