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new2020:
FKO81 welcome back...be like say dey ban you for months. I'm back from 2 months senseless ban.

My brother na so

Sesan Olufowobi, Eric Dumo and Samson FolarinBloody clashes in the Mile 12, Ketu area of Lagos State on Thursday left no fewer than 10 persons dead and about 100 others injured.Among the dead were two schoolchildren, traders, artisans and residents.A two-year-old boy, Andrew Daniel, was abducted by some hoodlums and taken away after his father, Igba, was attacked with machetes and left for the dead.The PUNCH, which witnessed part of the clashes as it unfolded, counted no fewer than 40 vehicles that were either burnt or vandalised in the Agiliti area of Ketu.Two churches and over 20 houses were equally set ablaze and hundreds of residents rendered homeless in Maidan community as a result of the violence which was said to have broken out after a disagreement between some Yoruba and Hausa in the area.Motorcycles, sewing machines and other working tools were also destroyed while some shops were looted and razed.Corpses of slain residents, who were either burnt or beheaded, littered the roads as of 5pm when one of our correspondents left the battle areas.Despite the heavy presence of security personnel, the hoodlums, mostly Hausa, who wielded bows, arrows, cutlasses, charms and stones, refused to vacate the roads.They also attacked the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who tried to calm them down before leaving the community around 1pm.After the situation had been brought under control by the police, officials of the Rapid Response Squad and military officers, no fewer than 70 suspects were arrested.It was gathered that the fight started on Tuesday at the Agiliti area after some residents attacked a motorcycle rider for riding against traffic and almost knocking down a pregnant woman.A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The motorcycle rider, a Hausa, almost hit a pregnant woman and people challenged him for riding against traffic.“Because he didn’t understand English, he misunderstood them and attacked them, which started a fight. A man, who took up the fight with the Hausa man, stabbed him. The Hausa man also stabbed the man.”The resident said on Wednesday the Hausa apprehended a Yoruba motorcyclist, who committed a similar offence, and attacked him.“The Hausa people dragged him on the tarred road and I saw how his skin peeled while he raised the alarm. People told me to keep quiet that it was ordinary motorcycle they were dragging.“But when they took a closer look and discovered it was a human being, they tried to rescue him but he was dead,” he said.The clash was said to have aggravated by Wednesday night as the Yoruba allegedly attacked the Hausa residents, where one person allegedly died.By Thursday morning, the Hausa reportedly mobilised to avenge the death of their men, but were pushed back by the Yoruba.Residents told one of our correspondents that the fight escalated around 11am on Thursday when the police and some soldiers arrived at the scene and shot at the Yoruba camp, which forced the members to retreat.A resident, Jamiu Adio, said the police shot directly at the men and injured some of them.He said, “The Yoruba had to run back and that created an opportunity for the Hausa to enter into the community to wreak havoc.“The Hausa, backed by the soldiers and the police, set schools on fire and started burning vehicles in Agiliti. When they were done, they broke into Maidan community and burnt 15 houses, including a church.“They chased a carpenter, Riliwan, and after catching up with him, they cut him with machetes. They poured fuel on him and set him on fire. He was burnt to death.”Our correspondent saw the burnt corpse of the victim, covered with a cardboard paper.The only link bridge into the community was also destroyed by the rampaging Hausa.A church, PODAM, was equally torched and some of their equipment vandalised.A shop owner, Mrs. Bilikis Yusuf, said she lost two of her sewing machines and some money.“The Hausa have ruined my life. They looted my industrial machine, black machine and stole thousands of naira from my wardrobe. Where will I start from?” she asked.Another resident, Modinat Adeyemi, said she moved into the community four months ago, adding that she had lost all her property.“All I have right now is this blouse I am wearing,” she added.One of the residents, Mr. Sunday Nejo, who held his two schoolchildren with his wife beside him, said he was going to find a place for his family.While his wife wept, he said, “I have nothing again. It is only what we are wearing right now that we have. Every other thing has been burnt to ashes. We are homeless and helpless.”In a mechanic garage in the Agiliti area, one of our correspondents counted 27 burnt vehicles, while a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, which had just been completed, was equally razed.Five cars – a Nissan Pathfinder, Sienna, Honda Civic 320 Benz and Toyota Forerunner – were still smouldering when one of our correspondents visited the area.The owner of the Benz, Jimoh Jubril, said he bought it four months ago.He said, “We were inside the house where we watched everything happen. The police and the soldiers conspired and shot at our boys and that allowed the Hausa to come in. This was nothing but a compromise of our security systems.“They burnt all our five cars, one of which belonged to a man that just came to visit me. Another is for the pastor of the burnt church, while the Benz is mine. I bought it four months ago.’’A resident, Bola Ariyo, said two schoolchildren were beheaded by the invaders.“About four people were killed on this road alone. Two of them were schoolchildren, who were just returning from school. The Hausa cut off their heads. There were also two Hausa, who were burnt to death by some Yoruba.”A resident, who claimed to know, alleged that the Hausa invaded a secondary school and allegedly killed four students.A resident said a popular Igbo trader, who sold gas in the community, was also hacked to death by the Hausa.The father of two-year-old Daniel said his son was seized after the Hausa thought he (father) was dead.“They hit my head with cutlass and I fell down. They cut me also in the hand and I pretended to be dead. They checked to see I was truly dead and when they were satisfied, they left.“They took my child and were saying, ‘let us go and kill the child too’. I have not seen my child since then,” he said.A soldier, who confirmed the account, said he saw the Hausa taking away the child and he could not tell what they did to the boy.The victim’s mother was seen by one of our correspondents weeping as people consoled.One of our correspondents observed as some soldiers wrestled with one of the Hausa suspects, who was arrested with a cutlass and a charm.A soldier said the suspect was caught red-handed while setting fire to a vehicle.He said, “He was one of the masterminds of the arson. We caught him red-handed and he dared us to come after him, saying we cannot do anything. We arrested him, but he’s been proving hard and difficult.”The suspect, along with over 70 others, was later asked to lie down in the open space as the police tried to send signal for a bus to convey all the suspects.Around 3pm, a red LAGBUS arrived at the community to convey them to the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters.As a result of the heavy fighting, hundreds of commuters between Ikorodu and Ketu resorted to trekking.Fully-loaded BRT buses, heading towards Mile 12 from Ikorodu, were forced to stop around the Majidun area for several hours while other vehicles were seen making emergency turning along the highway.Also, commercial motorcyclists of Hausa origin deserted Ketu and Mille 12 by Thursday afternoon, leaving many people to trek distances that they usually covered on bike.Bands of young men were seen wielding dangerous weapons like axes, cutlasses, clubs and even rakes between Irawo Bus-stop and Owode-elede, on the deserted expressway threatening to kill and burn down any Hausa seen in the area.When one of our correspondents visited Maidan, a small neighbourhood close to Mile 12, to assess the situation, angry youths, who also wielded dangerous weapons, threw foodstuffs like onions, tomatoes and pepper, said to belong toHausa traders on the road.At another section, people were also seen untying rams abandoned by the owners and making away with them.The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, had yet to respond to a text message sent to her as of the time of filing this report.Meanwhile, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ordered the closure of the Mile 12 Market and imposed a curfew on four streets in the area.Ambode, who spoke at the State House, Ikeja, said the closure of the Mile 12 Market and the curfew would help security agents to restore peace.He added that the curfew would only affect four streets — Oniyanrin, Maidan, Agiliti 1 and Agiliti 2.He said, “In order to further restore peace to the community, I have ordered that the Mile 12 Market be temporarily shut. I advise traders and other stakeholders to eschew violence and be law-abiding.“Furthermore, I have ordered temporary restriction of movement in four streets, namely Oniyanrin, Maidan, Agiliti 1 and 2.”The governor said the police and other security officials were managing the situation, adding that some hoodlums had exploited a minor clash to cause a breakdown of law and order in the area.Owoseni, however said policemen had been deployed in the area to enforce the order of the governor, adding that nobody died in the clash.“I was there personally; there was no record of death. There was no fire in the market, and as I speak to you, over 50 persons have been arrested.“But within Agiliti community, houses were burnt by miscreants,” he added.Asked to react to the allegation that the police were among those who opened up the community for attack, he said, “Well that is their perception and they are entitled to it.”A man, said to be the leader of the Hausa community, who was working with the security officials, when asked for his reaction, said, “Please I am not ready to say anything. You can see the tension everywhere.http://www.punchng.com/bloody-clashes-in-lagos-ambode-declares-curfew/

babyfaceafrica:
That because evven when the fight,they don't take it persnal like Igbos I know,the move on!!!

Sorry for you soul slave mentality

fulanimafia:
Their dream is to drive a wedge between the North and SW, because our alliance is giving them flashbacks of their plight during their lost war for secession through their present political alienation.

As if a battle between illiterate touts on both sides automatically translates to disharmony among the two political heavyweights.

Their frustration is frankly amusing.

this boy so you are using this moniker to console yourself , please tell me the best name for you not the most popular word that started with letter "C" you are worse

The OPC was involve in the ethnic clash that occurred in Sagamu on 17 July, 1999. As a major Kolanut trade center in Yorubaland Sagamu attracted a sizeable number of Hausa settlers.  The fighting which broke out there was precipitated by the death of a Hausa woman who was said to have flouted the order restricting women from coming out of their homes during specific hours of the night during the annual Oro festival.  The confrontation resulted in the death of about 50 people, while a reprisal attack in Kano on 22 July 1999 claimed over 100 lives.  The governors of Ogun and Kano states held several meetings to reconcile the Hausa and Yoruba communities in their states before peace was restored (The News, 31 January 2000).          The event that actually brought the OPC under public scrutiny was the clash of rival factions of dockworkers at the Apapa Port on 9 September 1999.  Evidence indicates that the OPC intervened in support of the Yoruba faction to prevent the “annexation” of the Lagos Port by the Ijaw faction that had recently won a trade union election in Port Harcourt.  By the end of the fight, 16 people had lost their lives in a gruesome manner.  The violence eventually spilled over into neighbouring Ajegunle, inhabited by both Ijaw and Yoruba people.  A curfew was imposed on the settlement for about a month before a truce was established, after several meetings between the community leaders and the Governor of Lagos State (The Guardian, 15 September 1999 and The News, 31 January 2000).          The situation was gradually returning to normalcy when the Ketu riot broke out on 26 November 1999.  This was a battle for the control of the popular Mile 12 market which pitted Yoruba against Hausa. The OPC was drawn into the riot in which daggers and other lethal weapons were freely used.  When an official statement put the death toll at 30, it is widely believed that the real figure was as high as 115 (Saturday Champion, 27 November 1999:5; Sunday Guardian, 16 January 2000: 15).  Due to frustration or in desperation, the federal government ordered the police to shoot members of the OPC on sight.  Some leaders of the north believed that the government response was not sufficient to guarantee the safety of lives and properties of northerners living in Yorubaland.  Hence, the decision to form the Arewa people’s Congress (APC) as a center force to the OPC. The situation was worsened by the report that this rival congress would be launched in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland, on 27 December 1999. The rumors of this event prepared the ground for the swift reaction of the OPC to an accident involving a Hausa tanker-driver at the Ojoo junction on 5 January  2000. It was another catastrophe as 10 lives were lost and 30 houses burnt (The News, 31 January 2000).          However, it was a coincidence that on the same day 6 people lost their lives and 12 house were burnt on Akala street, Mushin, in a cleansing operation against suspected armed robbers in Lagos by the OPC. While the police strongly condemned the OPC, the residents of Akala hailed the OPC members as liberators. The weight of public opinion compelled the Lagos State Governor to endorse the action of OPC during his fact finding mission to the area. The stand taken by the governor on the so-called “Akala purge” has sunce gained him a reputation as a patron of the OPC (The News, 31 January  2000, Daily Champion, 24 January  2000 and the Guardian, 16 January 2000).          Another important event shaped the image of OPC publicly as an organization differently seen as either benevolent or dangerous, was the abduction and murder of Mr. Sunday Afolabi, the Divisional police Officer (DPO) for Bariga by suspected members of OPC on 9 January 2000. This incident prompted President Olusegun Obasanjo to impose a blanket ban on all ethnic militias in the country, and he also threatened to impose a State of emergency o Logos Sate if Government Bola Tinubu failed to flush  out the OPC from the state. The (then) Inspector General of police, Musiliu Smith, placed a reward of N100,000 on the head of Gani Adams, the leader of the militant youth wing of the OPC. The Arewa people’s Congress (APC) raised the ransom to N300,000 (punch, 30 January 2000). The Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF) called for the removal of General David Jemibewon, the Yoruba minister in charge of Police Affairs, while expressing its support for the imposition of emergency rule in Lagos (Punch, 30 January 2000; Weekend Concord, 29 January 2000).  This turn of events led the governors of the Yoruba states of Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo to issue a statement in support of Governor Bola Tinubu on 17 January 2000.  Prominent Yoruba traditional leaders-the Obas-as well as the Afenifere organization also warned that they would resist the imposition of emergency rule on any part of Yorubaland, in view of the experience of 1962 (Obafemi Awolowo, 1987).          Akinyele (2001) believed that the incidence involving the OPC in Ilorin in October, 2000 signaled the beginning of violence resulting from divisions created by Ilorin politicians.  The OPC, notorious for perpetrating violence since 1998, mobilized its members from parts of South West Nigeria and marched on Ilorin city with the purported aim of dethroning the Emir and installing a “Yoruba Oba” from Afonja descendants.  This incident was apparently influenced by some members of Afonja’s descendants located in Ganmo in the outskirts of Ilorin where the invaders converged.  The move was also influenced by the fact that the then Governor of Kwara State, Mohammed Lawal, is a direct descendant of Afonja in Ilorin. The police, however, foiled the attempt of the OPC members after killing 6 of them (Punch, 16 October 2000).  Sambo (2005) noted that the incidence involving OPC in Ilorin in October 2000 was considered as a transgression by the people of Ilorin who do not entirely see themselves as Yoruba.y brother I wonder how these people will leave together without Igbos, no wonder the word Biafra scares the living shits out of them, they should know Lagos has been conquered, northerners has invested alots, same with Igbos and other ethnic groups. All they will be doing is to be fighting every other ethnic group it can't change nothing, Lagos is a conquered territory.

oceanp:
I just modified.

Thanks!

MayorofLagos:
dont come crying when Obiano take your igr build mall and hotel for Lagos and becomes a tax payer to SW govt.

Otondo till then just remind us, bitter souls every where

PentiumPro:
Nice innovative idea. Hopefully if this become successful, other states can run the same template.
However,99% of yorubas are traditional herbalists

Corrected

ROYALD:
Willie is a big failure and disappointment Anambra is still where Peter obi left it while willie is busy carrying women, enjoying wine and beer with some layabouts and praise singers. Can any reasonable wealthy man be boasting about his swimming pool and US mansion as Willie is shamelessly doing. It is a pity Anambra is stuck with this party freak a Nikki chronic womanizer who cannot perform

And you master Rochas?
Enemies of progress trying their best to pull THE BEST GOVERNOR DOWN, imagine the clown ROYALD, and the source? our enemies aren't happy of Obiano's great achievements. Great Anambarians expect more blackmail and propaganda from bitter souls.

sdindan:
Sophisticated openly defecation.


Wild wild west.

TnDrive:
They are all falling over Obiano. Look at the looks in the eyes of Tinubu, Amosun, Kalu and Akande. Obiano is a one man squad.

I love my governor, proudly Anambarian

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SUBWAY101:
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Frank Ojukwu, I know you are pained and sad. I will surely donate a coffin if you kill yourself over this thread, we don't care about your dead region since you all run away from there. You ate tt even posting this thrash from SW but you have no shame. We will continue to progress, while erosion continue to take over your land. Buhahahahaha

SUBWAY101:
Frank Ojukwu, Why do you want to kill yourself over SW matter, we ignore your shitty threads cos we know your region is dead but hatred and jealousy always make you have sleepless night over SW. I can always destroy your rubbish Anambra thread but its a waste of time since your fellow Abia Ibos or those from Imo will always do the needful. buhahahahahaha

[b]Ulli Beier: There was a short time in Nigerian history — between Independence and the first military coup — in which we lived through a period of great optimism. Financially the people of Nigeria were relatively well off, and they assumed that with independence, things were going to improve steadily. In the West, people believed in the benefits of universal free primary education. They were proud of being the “First in Africa” to have set up a television station. The University of Ibadan was functioning and had a good reputation. Night life was boisterous; people could afford to go out, drink beer and listen to really good bands. Even in Osogbo, which then had 120,000 inhabitants, one could hear three or four bands at weekends. The Yoruba Travelling Theatre was booming. A decade after independence, Biodun Jeyifo counted about a hundred Yoruba theatre companies —all managing to survive somehow off their performances. People actually preferred the theatre to the movies. But then, those were the days of Ogunde, Ogunmola, Duro Ladipo and the Orisun players. Where in the world could you find a comparable constellation?
Wole Soyinka: There was ferment!

Ulli Beier: There was no official planning; little government interference. It was a natural growth. If you now think back to this period, how do you view it with hindsight? Why does it appear to us now as a “golden age” rather than a mere beginning? (From Ulli Beier in conversation.)
Hmmm. Really. Why would a period that was supposed to be our beginning appear to us as actually the golden age? If the take-off of an aeroplane is the only memorable moment of the flight, then that journey is not just a farce, it is a tragedy. When a people have nowhere else to turn to with pride but the past, then they do not need to be reminded that generations after that “golden era” have all failed. And I am not talking about Nigeria now. I am talking about the old Western Nigeria from Ikeja through Benin to Sapele. Nothing can be more devastating for a pupil whose reputation of being the constant first in class is shredded by a distant competitor.

Ex-governor Peter Obi of Anambra State got me thinking. Two weeks ago, he was giving an account of his eight years stewardship and he announced some figures: N75 billion as credit balance in the state’s accounts and no debt over-hang. That figure, he said, included balance in savings and in investment. Then the big one: Anambra State under him invested in bonds issued by other state governments. Since he made that statement, I have not heard anyone say he lied. It was a combination of these that actually got me thinking —Anambra State that was not paying salaries post 1999, pre-2003; Anambra State of war and lawlessness in Chris Ngige era; the same Anambra that was home of violence and inexplicable crimes. Obi said the state he was leaving behind was not owing anybody a dime; rather, the state invested in bonds issued by other states! Then, I remembered that out of the six states in the South-West, only one has not gone to the Capital Market to take money through bond issuance. What has that told me? It means that my South-West is indebted to South East’s Anambra State — and that is serious. I know some partisan fellows will say ‘and so what?’ They can say so because for such fellows, the only reference they make to the past is using it to cover up the eczema of today. None of the founding fathers of Western Nigeria would ever imagine that a day would come when Yorubaland would owe Iboland.

Some international financial experts have warned that the current craze for bonds by African countries, including PDP’s Nigeria, will soon lead to what they call “Eurobond curse” just as the continent is wracked by “resource curse.” Some queer commentators would say the warning was directed at national governments. At the state level, the alarm bell should really sound louder. A recent report quoted Joseph Stightz, a Nobel prize-winning economist, as warning that “the financial sector loves to find people to prey on and their most recent prey are governments in developing countries.” The same is happening at the domestic level. Cash-strapped state governments should know that there are no friendly financial institutions. They are in business to make money and it does not matter how.

I do not know what economics is behind the current craze for bonds. Some are even saying bonds are no loans. What are they? Gifts? Won’t they pay back? And at what interest rate? They would even pay costs of the transaction — they call it ‘issue costs?’ Are there consultants packaging these bonds? If there are, who are they? What are their fees?

Yorubaland currently suffers unprecedented, unfortunate and insulting, venal shut-out in the affairs of the PDP Federal Government. The alternative regimes in the states ought to give reasons for hope, not debt over-hang. Nothing should be done by anyone to bond the race to a future of criminal servitude. Governments have to provide amenities, yes. But have we forgotten what our ancestors said about he that eats benefits derivable from a child even before that child is born? Exactly what Niyi Osundare described as “eating tomorrow’s yam today ”! [/b]
http://www.tribune.com.ng/columns/inside/monday-lines/item/1849-the-crisis-of-yoruba-s-future/1849-the-crisis-of-yoruba-s-future

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Igbos giving Yoruba's sleepless night since 1960, You guys should focus your attention on standard of education in southwest, Igbos, and south south don leave you guys behind you are now dragging position with north.

[b]merging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.

I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.

Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.

After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.

The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.

But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.[/b]

Make them continue why their region is retrogressing, na propaganda that placed them where they are now, they done abandon the words most sophisticated and educated region, now na industrialised region

Flyoruboy:
****You dey compare the most industrialized state in the country to your village-state? Shey na for GDP, abi IGR, abi on what scale exactly? Dude, it's fine for you all to hype Anambra but y'all should know your limits. Maybe you can compare Anambra with Ebonyi, Imo, and the likes of Osun and Ekiti, but certainly not Ogun. Shey na for accomplishment ni abi any other ranking nationally.****

****why bringing light of the nation to backward Ogun,

Flyoruboy:
Abeg abeg abeg. Don't infest this thread with china bridge pictures of your market city-state. There are more than enough threads on those all over Nairaland. This ain't **** Thanx.

****

Bring it on Ogun and Anambra in all ramifications

You guy started it, why bringing Anambra and other southeastern states to your discussion?







I & 2 Anambra


3 & 4 Ogun

9icest:
[s]I swear. When I see some people creating 500 pages thread on the same Anambra, Enugu and Imo they can't live while flooding the SW, I just shake my head. Such irony. As beautiful as Abeokuta is, and as super-developed as it is, with every street tarred and perfect, no one in tthe entire SW brags about this let alone Lagos, Kwara, Akure, and some hig brows in IB. I'm happy to be Yoruba. We will definitely continue to grow[/s].

Rubbish post, when you where posting Fashola commissioning street light you guys where not bragging right? You talk to people that don't know southwest, Ogun is dirty and backward my journey to Ondo via Ogun was terrified tiny and deplorable road and bridges, I drove more than three hours no decent block building all I saw was mud houses, I couldn't buy something good to eat all they where hawking was bitter-kola and sachet water there was poverty every were even coco farmers I saw.



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I & 2 Abeokuta flyover Ogun and side view

3 & 4 Awka flyover under construction and side view

MayorofLagos:
Tell Lt. Ada [s]Ibos Jews of Eastern Nigeria are suffering from Holocaust, Yoloba and Awusa are throwing them in Lagoon and cutting their throat , her rescue commandos are urgently needed.[/s]

Cone head you get liver? Enter road go block any Igbo man, he will use hot slap to reset you to the very day you remove mouth from your mother's breast.

[b]Igbo Jews with American Jwish visitors in Nigeria
Remi Ilona

As I think about what just happened - my move to America, to study for an MA in Religious Studies at the Florida International University - I just can't help but think of another operation that was far more grand and significant than my move, but which shares more than a few similarities with my own. In fact, my personal journey is a program which may in fact be critical in an unfolding process of similarly historic proportions: the Ingathering of the Igbo people of Nigeria.

I am referring to Operation Solomon, the program through which the Jewish people - represented by the Israelis, some Jews who were citizens of other countries, and important non-Jewish allies - brought tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews, endangered in a collapsing Mengistu's Ethiopia, and resettled them home in Israel.

My own personal "operation," which I am writing about now, while not nearing it in scale, shares some similarities. This one, too, involves some non-Jews who are fervent friends of the people of Israel, working together with Jews and Igbos, in the planning and execution.

30 million "Lost Jews" - in Nigeria?

I should say a little about the Igbos at this stage because this story is as much about the Igbos as it is about me, and my coming to America.

The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. In Nigeria we number up to 30 million, and very likely more. Millions of people of African descent in the Americas and in the Caribbean also have ancestral roots among the Igbos, as have millions of people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia.

In 1966 a military coup in Nigeria was followed by a major pogrom directed against the Igbos, and the Nigerian war - also called the Biafra Tragedy - which lasted from 1967 to 1970. During that period the Igbos lost an estimated three million people to starvation, shootings, strafing and bombings, in a campaign by the Nigerian state that many saw as genocidal.

Many observers compared the suffering of the Igbos at the time with the Holocaust, and in fact many referred to the Igbos as the "Jews of Africa" as a result. However, while that particular analogy was based strictly on the similarities between the tragic experiences of the Jews of Europe and the Igbos, from what we know there may be other reasons to use it.

Some think that the Igbos drew worldwide attention back then for the first time, but that is not exactly correct. Before and during the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade era and European colonization of Africa, many people found the Igbos to be "strange," because in many respects they were radically different from their neighbors in customs, physical appearance and worldview. Many written sources - some put together by Europeans and Igbos - which suggest that the Igbos were of Jewish stock originated from that era. Dr. Daniel Lis, a Swiss-Israeli Social Anthropologist who studied this area of Igbo history, did a great job of compiling this part of Igbo history and writing a ground-breaking book based on it.

Remy Ilona featured in a documentary about the Igbos:

It's believed that some 30,000 Igbos practice some form of Judaism, although the number practicing normative Orthodox or "rabbinic" Judaism is believed to be between 1,500-2,000.

Those Igbo Jews call themselves the "Benei-Yisrael," and mostly live in an area which straddles the River Niger, near the Anambra states.

The Igbo Jews are said to have migrated from Syria, Portugal and Libya into West Africa around 740 C.E. It is claimed that the initial immigrants were from the biblical tribes of Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali. Later, they were joined by more Jewish immigrants from Portugal and Libya in 1484 and 1667 respectively.

Some Igbos claims the legendary "River Sambation," beyond which it is said the ten lost tribes of Israel were dispersed by Assyrian King Sennacherib, is in Africa.

Legendary 9th century Jewish traveler Eldad ben-Mahli (also known as Eldad the Danite) wrote that the Igbo Jews in Africa had an entire body of Jewish scriptures except for the books of Esther and Lamentations. They did not know the Talmud, having been exiled prior to its authorship, but had compiled an equivalent scripture with all laws cited in the name of the biblical Joshua.

For years I have been studying the connections between the Igbo people and the Jews; by conducting a systematic comparison of Igbo culture (called "Omenana", which in English means n English means "the things or the commandments to be observed in the land" with Judaism, and via close examination of historical sources. This effort has enabled me to publish five books on the subject. In 2014 I published the most definitive one: The Igbos And Israel-An Inter-Cultural Study of the Largest Jewish Diaspora.

Finding Judaism

I have also been very active in a “strange” development that is taking place among the Igbos: Many Igbos have been leaving Christianity - which the Europeans that colonized the Igbos imposed on us - and have been forming rabbinic Jewish congregations. As I watched all these, participated in it, and even kick-started some of the developments myself, my hunger to know more about the Jews and the Igbos grew - and I knew then that I had to go back to school.

Some months ago I informed Professor Nathan Katz, who was a Facebook friend and who wrote a great review for my above-mentioned book, that I would like to go back to school to get more knowledge of Judaism. Why Judaism? Knowledge of Judaism helped me to gain greater knowledge of my own Igbo culture.

After a few days Professor Katz put me in touch with Professor Tudor Parfitt, whose great and pioneering work on African Jewry I had followed from a distance for several years. Both distinguished professors - with the support of their colleague Professor Oren Stier - took the lead, and we began to plan and execute this "operation."
Igbo "Benei Yisrael" Courtesy

After Professor Stier had given me information about the programs that were available at the Florida International University, and I had indicated that I would like to study Religion, so he recommended that I should take the GRE.

Avraham Van Riper, a long-time Jewish friend who had served in the U.S., Army and whose friendship with me had grown to the extent that we have become more like close family, and Dr. Daniel Lis, the Swiss-Israeli Social Anthropologist that I mentioned earlier, helped carefully design a program that would enable me, a practicing barrister, residing in a country facing a major insurgency and caring for a young and growing family, to clear the hurdle at the first attempt. They also provided me with much of the material resources that I needed to have to be able to tackle the GRE.

I took two months to prepare for the GRE, took the examination and passed it well. Professor Parfitt and his team worked diligently every step of the way to get me admitted to the MA program in Religious Studies at the Florida International University, with a graduate assistantship, and some fellowships to boot. And I must mention some other people whose behind-the-scenes work proved crucial: Chief Herman Storick, also a veteran of the U.S. Army; Andria Spindel, a Canadian Jew who is a board member of Kulanu Inc. who has been a long-time friend of mine; and Kulanu Inc’ itself, which I have worked with for over ten years as its Nigerian liaison. Also Professors Samuel Klausner of the University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University, William Miles of Northwestern University, and Dr. Nathan Paul of the University of Utah, wrote letters of support for me.

There was still much to be done, so many loose ends to tie up. With my wife Irene Malizu-Ilona assisting faithfully I went to work again. I began to rouse more members of the "Jewish troops": widening the circle of people involved in staging this operation I called up Gedaliah Gurfein, an Israeli rabbi and Talmudic expert, and Dean Draznin, an American Jewish PR expert, and both men and I, working together with the indefatigable Avraham Van Riper, cleared a lot of obstacles, and set the stage for my departure to America.

Members of the Igbo community around the world provided invaluable assistance: Ikechukwu Amobi, a Scotland-based Igbo Jewish oil engineer; Ihuoma and Ijeoma Inwere, friends of my wife who work in Nigeria’s oil industry; Hon Oji, a former legislator from the Igbo Abia State; Chioma Osuji, my wife’s elder sister who lives and works in Dallas; Bechikka Charles Ogamanya, a lieutenant colonel in the Nigerian Army and friend of mine; all weighed in, and gave me significant support.

As my departure neared, two outstanding issues had to be sorted out: a place of residence in Miami, and persons who would receive me upon my arrival.

Dean Draznin and his friend Sheila Ross and her husband took care of the first issue. Next on the list was the matter of reception at the airport, as I had not visited the U.S. before. Little did I know that a great reception was waiting for me in Miami, nearly twenty four hours after leaving Nigeria. Avi Charlop, son of a prominent rabbi; Harry Rozenberg, a rabbi who is active among Igbo-Jewry and who took a flight from New York to Miami, and planned to come to the airport with sports star Amar'e Stoudemire, were among many others at the airport when I arrived.

Dumisani Washington, a renowned friend and advocate for Israel and Jews, and a personal friend too, provided crucial help throughout. Since Washington - who founded and heads the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel - announced my arrival I have received numerous invitations to visit and speak.

Many other colleagues and friends like Judy Manelis of Kulanu Inc’, have been giving me significant support since I arrived. And from the Igbo community individuals like Chukwudi Nwangwu, an Igbo reconnection to Israel activist who lives in Houston, and Ozo Okenwa Ewudo, an Igbo businessman who is based in California presently, and whose experience as an Igbo nze (nazirite) deserves to be told in another story, have been on hand to give me a great welcome.

Another Operation Solomon?

Now, for some of the fascinating things I have learned since starting the program, under the stewardship of so many great teachers.

For many years I have found myself playing the role of strategist and spokesman for the Igbos who are returning or reverting to Judaism, which the Igbos associate with our traditional culture “ome na ana”, which is pronounced Omenana.

For many years a dialogue has been going on between the Igbo people and the Jewish people. Dr. Daniel Lis discovered letters written nearly or over two hundred years ago by European Jewish rabbis addressed to the Igbos. Recently I came across information that is startling in a way: over one hundred and thirty years ago, a descendant of Igbos named Edward Wilmot Blyden had publicly supported the effort for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the land of Israel.

Many Jews, such as Rabbi Howard Gorin, who was at one time a chief rabbi of a section of Igbo Jewry; Dr. Jack Zeller, who founded Kulanu Inc’; Daniel Limor, who works with Shavei Israel; Daniel Lis, who wrote a history of the Igbos; Rabbi Capers Funnye, Chief Rabbi of a section of Black Jews; Harriet Bograd, current president of Kulanu; Jeff Lieberman, who made a good film about Igbo-Jewry; Irene Orleansky, who recorded the synagogue music of the Igbo-Jews; and many too numerous to mention have participated in this ongoing dialogue. Some Igbos such as Distinguished Professor Eleazer Alaezi, anthropologist Moore Black Chi Mmadike and thousands more have participated in the talks.

This dialogue has reached some important quarters in Israel, such as the courts, offices of important religious and administrative officials where some important people acting very likely not with malevolent intentions, but relying on information that is not based on facts took decisions that have been hurtful to some of those participating in the dialogue and impeded progress.

There have been human ties too, ties that transcended synagogue-to-synagogue ties. Prior to the Biafran tragedy, Dr. Michael Okpara, the second most important Igbo political leader, described himself as ‘almost an Israelite’ and said that he would be going to Israel all the time. This was in an era when some non-Igbo Nigerians had laws that barred Israelis from visiting some Nigerian cities.

I would like to think that my visit and stay in America will provide opportunities for increase in the tempo of the dialogue, and will also provide grounds for the strengthening of the ties that have become frayed due to lack of nourishment, because American Jewry has a major voice in Jewish matters.

Some think that what is happening among the Igbos is a precursor to another Operation Solomon, and that my movement will oil the wheels. I say, yes, a rescue seems to be on the way, a rescue that may not involve boots on the ground, air-planes landing and taking off, but that may herald a sweeping spreading of Torah - but we’ll wait and see!

Remy Ilona, lawyer, author, graduate student and graduate assistant at the Florida International University, Miami, Florida, is an Igbo Jewish leader and activist.[/b]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199864#.VqIvsVLXet8

Kimberly Anyadike, 15, stands in front of her single-engine Cessna plane during her historic cross-country flight.

[b]She departed with a dream and returned home a record-breaker.

Inspired by the Tuskeegee Airmen, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike flew a single-engine Cessna cross-country from her hometown of Compton, Calif., to Newport News, Va.

Anyadike is thought to be the youngest African American female pilot to complete the journey, which took 13 days. She arrived home in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11.

Anyadike learned to fly at age 12 through the Compton-based Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, which offers aviation lessons in an after-school program for disadvantaged youths, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was their plane that she flew on her cross-country trip.

The brave teenager came up with the idea for the trip on her own, the museum's founder, Robert Petgrave, told the Times.

"I told her it was going to be a daunting task, but she just said, 'Put it on. I got big shoulders,'" Petgrave said.

Along for the historic ride were an adult safety pilot and 87-year-old Levi Thornhill, one of the Tuskeegee Airmen during World War II.

"They left such a great legacy," Anyadike said of the U.S. Army Air Corps' all-black combat unit. "I had big shoes to fill. ... All they wanted to do was to be patriots for this country. They were told no, that they were stupid, that they didn't have cognitive development to fly planes. They didn't listen. They just did what they wanted to do."

About 50 Tuskeegee Airmen autographed the young pilot's plane during her journey, the Times reported.

"I wanted to inspire other kids to really believe in themselves," Anyadike said[/b]

[b]*Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, P.C. (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996),[3] usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe, was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism. He was ceremonial head of state of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. He served as the second and last Governor-General from 1960 to 1963 and the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966, holding the presidency throughout the Nigerian First Republic

*Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region , and first graduate to join Nigeria Army


*Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme frontline Politician, Architect and the first executive Vice-President of Nigeria

*Prof Kenneth Dike Nigeria first professor of history, and the founder of national archive, Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times, First black Vice chancellor of University Ibadan,

*Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early 60s he made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s

*Dr Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.D in Economics

*Professor Chike Edozien who was the first Professor of Anatomy at the University College Ibadan

*Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.

*Prof Fabian Udekwu Cardiac surgeon, distinguished professor of surgery at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a pioneer of open heart surgery in Africa

*Prof Philip emeagwali Computer scientist/geologist, one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE, for his use of the Connection Machine supercomputer

*Professor Okonjo Demography and statistical research into population studies who set up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics

*Prof Okoye first Nigerian professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960

*Dr Samuel Achilefu - Inventor, biomedical engineer and radiologist.Recently made the news for his invention of infrared goggles, which enables surgeons to see cancer cells during surgery.Owns over 50 US patents.

*Dr. Chibugo Okoli becomes first African woman Medical Director and Director of Public Health in the UK, she became the first African medical professional to be appointed to the most powerful dual position as Medical Director and Director of Public Health in the United Kingdom. UGO, as she is known to her friends and peers, became a Consultant in Public Health in the UK only a few years ago, after passing all the medical exams required of all specialist doctors. Within a record time she was sky-rocketed to this extremely powerful new position with a six figure salary in May this year, after beating several competitors and rivals to the coveted post and therefore proving herself worthy of the position to her peers who are mainly European, Her father is Professor Cyril Agodi Onwumechili, the first Nigerian nuclear physicist and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife, Ile-Ife renamed Obafemi Awolowo University

*Prof Chike Obi first Nigerian professor of mathematicsa, Mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations won the 1985 ICTP Price

*Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry

*Prof Kodilnye first Nigerian professor of miedicine he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war.

*Professor Ntukoju – the first Professor of Astronomy –he was the first to earn a double Ph.D in Astronomy and Mathematics.

*Prof Cyril Agodi Onwumechili - Nigeria's first Nuclear Physicist.

*Prof Barth Nnaji first indegious owner of Power plant in Nigeria (Geometrics)

*Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953First Professor of Statistics –

*Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research

*Prof Chinua Achebe great writer -Things Fall Apart/Chinua Achebe.One of the top 100 greatest books of all time, according to Time Magazine, The Guardian. Arguably the go to book for modern African literature. Most translated African book.Written by the christened "father of modern African Literature" himself

*Prof Cyprian Ekwensi MFR, a writer of international repute, Arguably Nigeria's most prolific writer. Hardly mentioned when talking about the literary greats but one cannot deny that his books have played a considerable role in shaping any part of Nigeria's literati. Fast-paced stories that are set in diverse locales in the country irrespective of origin. Notable books include Jagua Nana, An Africa's Night Entertainment, Burning Grass, The Passport of Mallam Illia.

*Prof Emeka Anyaoku first African commom wealth chairman

*Prof Ben Enwonwu first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters

*Professor Samuel Okoye was black Africa's first PhD in RadioAstronomy who along with Antony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star.

*Chief Jerome Udoji a social reformer was the first African to be made a 'D.O' (District Officer) by the Colonial Administration

Chimamanda Adichie Novelist Contemporary literary writer with critical acclaims. An insufferable feminist, a great storyteller and Bestselling author. It doesn't hurt that Beyonce is a fangirl .Awards and achievements: Orange prize winner and once part of the Man Booker dozen. Notable books: Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah.

*Gilbert Kodilinye BA(Oxon) MA(Oxon) LL.M(Lond) Barrist -at-Law

*Francisca Nneka Okeke- L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Laureate for Africa in 2013, winner.

*Chuka Umunna, a British Labor Party Member of Parliament for Streatham constituency

* Chinyelu Onwurah, a British Labor Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, becoming the first female British MP of African origin

*Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, appointed in 2008 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as Military Advisor on UN Peacekeeping Operations.

*Prof Charles Soludo renowned professor Economics and fromer CBN Governor

*Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE, a London-based visual artist. The first black artist to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II when commissioned to paint the official Golden Jubilee portrai
*Prof Francis Akpuaka - a renowned professor of plastic surgery

Dr. Onyewu attended elementary school in upstate New York. He completed his high school education in Nigeria before attending Boston University as a commonwealth scholar. He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1990. He completed his general surgery at Howard University Hospital under Dr. Lasalle Leffall, earning the chairman’s award both as the intern of the year and the Chief Resident of the Year. He then completed his plastic surgery fellowship at the Georgetown University Hospital under Dr. Scott Spear. Dr. Onyewu became a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery in 1997

.*Dr. Onyewu specializes in surgery of the breast, reconstruction, augmentation, breast lifts and body sculpturing using liposuction. He also has performed many successful procedures to remove Keloid scars.

*Elechi Amadi,THE CONCUBINE(1966) his first novel

*prof Eni. Njoku first African black VC university of Lagos first Nigeria Professor of Microbiology

*Olaudah Equiano.Not necessarily a master of the literary arts, however his memoir, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," published in 1789, is regarded by many as the "the true beginning of Modern African Literature."

*Flora Nwapa, Nigeria's first female Novelist.

*Buchi EmechetaOr the Feminist writer at a time in Nigeria when "feminism" was at the backburner of any sociological discussion

Chukwuedu Nathaniel II Nwokolo (19 April 1921 – 18 May 2014)[6][7] was an internationally distinguished tropical diseases, nutrition, human, medical, biological and life sciences expert; plus research scientist, scholar, pioneer medical doctor, author, humanitarian and acclaimed professor of medicine.[8][9] He was Nigerian, and is listed in the Who's Who in Nigeria series by Newswatch.[10] Nwokolo was outstandingly recognised worldwide for discovering and mapping out the area of paragonimiasis lung disease in Eastern Nigeria, with a study of the disease in Africa and clinical research for its control.[11] Nwokolo founded SICREP: Sickle Cell Research Programme to effectively fight the disease in Nigeria and globa

*Prof Chukwuemeka Ike great writer his famous novel THE BOTTLED LEOPARDNnedi Okoroafor - dedicated to writing African Fantasy/Science Fiction It remains to be seen if she is going to be considered one of the great writers in future, but I am including her here because her genre of writing is hardly tackled by most African novelists. She is also an very notable writer for teens and young adults in this regard.Her influences include Ben Okri and Octavia Butler.Notable books: Lagoon, Who Fears Death, Zahra the Windseeker.

*Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, Prolific inventor and scientist.Holds over 120 US patents and over 160 global patents. Voted inventor of the year in 2006 from the New York Intellectual Property Association.

*Prof Dora Akunyili renowned professor of pharmacist

*Prof NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA-she was a two time director of the world bank.unarguably one of the greatest influencers of all time in the world bank.
*Prof OBY EZEKWESILI-She is a former vice president of the world bank.

ARUNMA OTEH-she is the current treasurer and vice president of the world bank.

Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (born February 6, 1956) is a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert, He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate, with a passion for the dignity of the human person and the spirit of enterprise.

*Captain Chinyere Kalu, Nigeria's first female pilot.20yrs

*Captin Favour Odozor emerged as the youngest commercial licenced pilot in Africa

*First appointed African judge in New Jersey Hon. Ugochukwu Nwaokoro as Deputy Mayor; and Evans Anyanwu, Esq. as Chief Prosecutor of the city

*Kimberly Anyadike, 15, becomes youngest African American female to pilot plane cross-country http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kimberly-anyadike-15-youngest-african-american-female-pilot-plane-cross-country-article-1.399825

*Chief Innocent Chukwuma founder of innoson group first indigenous vehicle manufacturing company in Nigeria

*sir Louis Odemagu Ojukwu first nigerian millionaire and the founder of nigeria stock exchange.

Prof Christopher Okigbo - The Poet.

prof Onuora Nzekwu for "Eze Goes To School", (one of the most widely read early African short stories);

Prof Pita Nwana for "Omenuko" (one of the earliest novels written in an African indigenous language);

*Jaja of Opobo (full name: Jubo Jubogha; 1821–1891) was a merchant prince and the founder of Opobo city-state in an area that is now part of Nigeria. Born in Umuduruoha, Amaigbo,[citation needed] in Igboland, he was sold at about the age of twelve as a slave in Bonny. Jumo Jumofe later took the name "Jaja" for his dealings with the British.

*Colonel Edwin Njoku first Africa colonel in US armyDr. Njoku's other activities have included development of microwave remote sensing retrieval algorithms for land, ocean, atmosphere, and cryospheric investigations; technology studies utilizing large deployable antennas for spaceborne microwave sensing; and field campaigns using airborne microwave radiometers and radar systems.Education•Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1976)•M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1974)•B.A., Natural Sciences/Electrical Sciences, Cambridge University (1972)•Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engineering, MIT. (2001-2002)•Program Scientist, Ocean Processes Branch and Earth Science Data and Information Systems, NASA Headquarters (1986-1990)•Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (1984-1986)•Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu, Nigeria (1980-1981)Selected Awards•English-Speaking Union, King George VI Memorial Scholarship (1972)•National Acad. of Sciences/NRC, Resident Research Assoc. (1976)•NASA Group Achievement Awards (1980, 1982, 1985, 2013)•NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985)•Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1995)•Visiting Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001-02)

*Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar and Emmy awards nominee, Bafta Awards Winner.Notable films - 12 years a Slave, Children of Men, American Gangster. Slated to play the villain in Marvel Comics upcoming movie

"Dr. Strange."Uzo Aduba, Emmy Award winning actress.Nigerian American actress who shot to the limelight via her role as "Crazy Eyes" in Orange is the New Black.
Alban Uzoma Nwapa (born 26 August 1957), known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer with his own record label dr-records.His music can best be described as a Eurodance/hip-hop reggae with a dancehall style. He sold an estimated 16 million records worldwide and is most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit "It's My Life".

*P-Square - Arguably Africa's biggest pop artists today. The dynamic duo command arenas full of idoilizing fans. Video, Personally, currently hosts the highest number of views by a Nigerian artist at YouTube.

*Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria's first and only individual Olympic Gold Medalist.

*Team Nigeria Beatrice Utondu,, Christy Opara-Thompson, and Mary Onyali victorious after winning Women's 4x100M Relay Final bronze medal at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

*Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters to come out of Africa. He became a two-time undisputed world middleweight titlist and helped keep boxing alive during the 1950s boxing industry recession. Tiger earned an undisputed Light-Heavyweight world championship. In 1962, Tiger won the world middleweight boxing championship.On May 20, 1965, Tiger floored Rubin "Hurricane" Carter three times and won a unanimous 10-round decision. Tiger took on Gene Fullmer and won the world's Middleweight title by decision in fifteen. Later in a rematch he drew in fifteen and in the rubber match won by knockout in seven rounds.Tiger was an "in-house fighter" at New York City's Madison Square Garden

*.Jay Jay Okocha great footballer

*Kanu Nwankwo most decorated Nigerian footballer (golden boy)

*Christian Chukwu great footballer and

*coachStephen Keshi great footballer and international coach

*MIKEL OBI as most decorated baller

*Edward James Roye was a pure descendent of the Ibo tribe (West Africa, Nigeria), born in Newark, Ohio, USA, on February 3, 1815. He was the first pure black person to become President of Liberia. He arrived as a new immigrant in 1846, one year before Independence was proclaimed

Amobi Okoye, Youngest player to be drafted by an NFL team

*Osi Umenyiora- two times Superbowl winner with The NY Giants

*Nnamdi Asomugha- one of the highest paid players In the NFL

*Oluchi Orlandi - Nigeria's most famous international fashion model. First face of Africa winner.

*Adaora Akubilo - Glamour/Commercial Model. Appeared in Sports Illustrated in 2012 and 2013.Has also been in campaigns for CoverGirl, Pantene, Garnier and Abercrombie and Fitch. She has been featured in commercials for JC Penney, MaryKay, Target, and Macy's.

Chinenye Ochuba- MBGN 2002. Followed in the heels of Agbani Darego by becoming a top 10 finalist at the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant.

*Maki Oh (Amaka Osakwe) - Fashion Designer.First African designer to be invited to the White House by Michelle Obama.Designs worn by Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Lupita Nyongo, Rihanna, Kerry Washington, among other celebrities.

*William Okpo - Fashion Brand created by two.Nigerian sisters. Solange Knowles is a known fan. Critically acclaimed by Vogue, the New York Times.1.

*Darlene and Lizzy Okpo2. William Okpo boutique, New York.

Religious leaders

*Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, in September 1903 – died in Leicester, England, January 24, 1964) was an Igbo from Aguleri in Anambra East. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on December 19, 1937. He worked in the parishes of Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri and was later a Cistercian monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England. Pope John Paul II beatified him on March 22, 1998, saying "Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi is a prime example of the fruits of holiness which have grown and matured in the Church in Nigeria since the Gospel was first preached in this land.

*Cardinal Francis Arinze, once considered a potential Pope.

* Bishop Mike Okonkwo Founder Redeemed evengelical mission

Rev Father Ede Holy gost father, founder Madonna University, Caritas university, Osisatech Polytechnic, Mayfreash mortgage bank and Golden trans.

Rev Father Ejike Mbaka Holy gost father

Pastor Lazarus Muoka Founder Lords Chosen

*Entertainment industryArtists and illustrators

Chike Aniakor
Ifeanyi Chijindu
Ndidi Dike
George Edozie
Ben Enwonwu
Tony Nsofor
Demas Nwoko
Mendi & Keith Obadike
Chris Ofili
Uche Okeke
Nnenna Okore
Dawn Okoro
Ada Udechukwu
Obiora Udechukwu

Actors and actresses

Stella Damasus-Aboderin
Francis Agu
Ifeanyi Chijindu
Caroline Chikezie
Chioma Chukwuka
Rita Dominic
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Pete Edochie
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Osita Iheme
Chinedu Ikedieze
Genevieve Nnaji
Chike Nwoffiah
Stephanie Okereke
Onyeka Onwenu Cyril Nri 1961 –
Kanayo O. Kanayo
Oby Kechere
Tonto Dike
Michael Ezuruonye
Chiké Okonkwo
Antonia Okonma
Oge Okoye
Zack Orji
Phina Oruche
Nkem Owoh
Uzo Aduba
Chidi Mokeme
Paul Robeson
Forest Whitaker
Blair Underwood
Joshua Uzoigwe


Authors

Chris Abani-Notable for his first novel, Masters of the Board, which was about a Neo-Nazi takeover of Nigeria.

Catherine Obianuju Acholonu October 1951 – Nnorom Azuonye William Napolean Barleycorn-a Spanish Guinean Primitive Methodist missionary and author of the first Bube language primer. He was a member of a prominent Fernandino family.

Edward Wilmot Blyden-Liberian educator, clergyman and Pan-Africanist.

*Ifeanyi Chijindu Michael Echeruo Buchi

Emecheta E. Nolue EmenanjoOkwui

Enwezor Paschal Eze – Africanus Horton Also known as James Beale, he was a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone. [18

]Chinweizu Ibekwe Vincent Chukwuemeka

Ike Uzodinma Iweala

T.D. Jakes

Uchechi Kalu
Nnedi Okorafor
Uche Nduka
Nkem Nwankwo
Onyeka Nwelue
Okey Ndibe
Onuora Nzekwu –
Ike Oguine
Obinna Charles
Okwelume
Ifeoma Onyefulu
Ada Udechukwu
F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna
Chika Unigwe[/b]

Mind you, I excluded business tycoons from east.

SpaceTour:
Pictures does the magic than unnecessary long grammar, show us pictures you took in the SE if you said you passed through SE..

Bro you know I have enough pics in my arsenal to chase the maggot out, it will be an insult to Anambarians to pick a fight with Ondo state, we are not mate simple, I choose who to fight wif

DiademSh07:
LOL!
No be the same Anambra I passed through while going to Calabar! Dey there dey delude yourself!

please take your joke to Jalingo we are not mate.