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Op, can you help us ask Obi the meaning of 'Naanu'?

davodyguy:
BAT is a gogetter.

Whatever he wants, he goes all out to get it

But as a fellow Yorùbá man like him, I hope he doesn't become our president.
Any of Osinbajo, Fashola, Fayemi, Amaechi, Rochas, I am cool with

That's fine. I just hope you're not expecting BAT to be the one to campaign for any of those people you listed or are waiting for him to step down for anyone sha. They better get their butts up and get to work because enu o oshe o.

ArewaNorth:
We are all born by old people and we are going to be old one day. Would u love to be treated badly because u are old or because of ur capacity and competence at old age....

Don't mind that one. Only pesin wey no wan live to see his old age/die young dey abuse old age.

Wike keeps firing shots at Atiku.

Peter Obi is not man enough to declare for the presidency. He knows he lacks what it takes to vie for such a position. People should stop putting unnecessary pressure on him. His greatest ambition is to deputise a presidential candidate, which he already fulfilled and is hoping to repeat if the opportunity presents itself once again. Make social media people free the guy. You can't give what you don't have.

DubaiLandLord:
You no go talk like this if the man dey abuse The BAT.

You see that guy, NaijaRoyalty (aka PrinceofLagos), his own case is special (e get skoin skoin). Anything that has to do with Tinubu, his ishon go jus dey dide/rise. I just pity what will become of his sanity when Jagaban is sworn-in as president. Na to place am under constant watch, lest he harms himself.

No Biggie. He's not the first nor only PDP chieftain that is a Tinubu supporter. Even Atiku's own chief promoter, Raymond Dokpesi has publicly endorsed Tinubu.

Lol. But wait Op, why are you dragging the south-south into Una madness? Since Tinubu's declaration, only the people from one particular geopolitical zone/region have been running mad and throwing fits all over cyberspace. Duty wey Una failed to achieve in 2015 and 2019, what makes you think you'll achieve it in 2023? Una go wail sotay water no go gree comot Una eye.

HornyTave:
Proverbs 29:20 There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

If You were comfortable as I was in 2019, you would be the richest member in your lineage.
Go and rest your head if you dont have common reasoning power.
Your people won't be under Oshodi bridge and ikota shouting Owomida going by your philosophy.
These crying and smiling buffoons. Even if naira enter 1k, I wont feel shit.

See this idiot. No be you dey cry say suffer don tire you? Abeg getat. I repeat, go and hustle like your mates. Even if it means becoming a pastor (since you like quoting scriptures), do something with yourself and stop constituting a nuisance on cyberspace. If you no like Tinubu, vote for the candidate of the party you like, nobody would beat you. But more importantly, learn to take responsibility for your life rather than waiting for a presidential candidate to turn your fortunes around in life.

HornyTave:
Tribal banters aside, you won't benefit anything from Tinubu regime apart from ' He's my time man '. Suffer never tire You.

If you're suffering better go and hustle like your mates instead of blaming others for your failure and laziness in life. Even if Tinubu doesn't run you will remain lazy and continue to suffer with this mentality you are displaying. Tinubu won't be the only candidate on the ballot on election day. Vote for someone else and stop making excuses for your incompetence.

This is what Ohanaeze ediots suppose encourage Igbo candidates to do instead of disgracing their race by attacking and fixating on Tinubu for doing same.

I just received word that the psychiatric wards in hospitals all across the south-eastern region of Nigeria are overflowing with new patients, since Tinubu's declaration. Mad people don full everywhere. A state of emergency could be declared any minute from now.

StaffofOrayan:
would it collapse on all our heads?
We already know it will collapse,
The question is would it collapse like Sudan or like Brexit?

We both know the answer and we are slowly but surely getting there, it's like a crazy descent into an avoidable doom, we know we are being led there but we keep following, do you really believe there are terrorist cells in the SW?

When we get to that bridge, we will cross it. But what I am almost certain about is that Nigeria's collapse will not necessarily happen by armed struggle akin to the Biafran war. The world has evolved beyond the point where a 40+ million strong homogeneous ethnicity like the Yorubas, with well-defined regional and contiguous borders would sit back like sitting ducks and watch itself be overrun by a bunch of ragtag and rampaging jihadist, terrorists or what have you. It won't happen. If they have sleeper cells in our midst, we are also imbued with native intelligence mechanisms that are capable of neutralizing such threat on short notice. There are certain sensitive strategies that I prefer not to discuss on an open forum such as this one. But suffice to say that the capabilities and architecture are already on ground, they only require (discreet) activation.

StaffofOrayan:
But don't delude yourself into thinking for a moment this current herdsmen crisis would lead to the collapse of this administration or the Nigerian state by extension. Heck, the entire North (including Buhari's own state), is being overrun by bandits, kidnappers and boko haram for close to a decade.

This comment scares the hell out of me,
What type of brainwashing is this?
We have been rated the poorest set of people,
Some of the most terrorized set of people,
Dilapidated schools that don't work half the time,
Bad roads and horrible Healthcare,
Insurgency was predicted to last for another 20years by Buratai,

Have you ever wondered what Yoruba land would look like in 50 years? Are you capable of doing that?

Ki gangan ni colour problem e iwo bobo yi? Your solution to the Nigerian problem is secession, for me it is disintegration. There is a difference between the two concepts. But until either of the two scenarios play out, Yorubas cannot afford to isolate themselves from Nigeria's political mainstream.

Currently, no single region can successfully secede from the Nigerian state all by itself; that's just a fact that's backed by history. The igbos tried it in '66 and they were humiliated and are yet to fully recover from the political consequences of that (mis) adventure up till today.

The entire system will eventually collapse (disintegrate) because it was built on a faulty foundation. But some Yorubas are pragmatic enough to work with what they have at the moment, in spite of its faults. You can keep agitating for secession, same way many before you have been agitating for restructuring long before you were born. Either of both outcomes would be fine by me, but until then, Yorubas must not play isolationist politics, but rather an inclusive and pragmatic politics that'll ensure that their race will be present at the centre table whenever important decisions that have the potential of affecting their region are being made.

StaffofOrayan:
I know you guys have decided whoever dies is a worthy sacrifice for your 2023 obsession, and nobody can change your mind, it makes it easier not to act, after all its just 3 years, u have taken the posture of the elites but you have forgotten like the black man you are that you and your family have no police or army escorts.

Yimu. It's like the 'Oranyan' you added to your moniker is deceiving you into thinking that you are more Yoruba than the rest of us. I know you are a Kanu fanboy so your thinking pattern is very predicable. But you need to understand that Yorubas are not sheep (like the supleme ruler/dilector's igbo followers) that would donate their brains to anyone to lead them astray. Not even the revered Awolowo, in his element, could be said to have always enjoyed the complete political support of the entire yoruba race during his political sojourn - - he always had opposition.

So for your mind, you think Sunday Igboho would be walking around freely today of it weren't for the tacit support/influence of some yoruba political actors who prefer to remain in the background? Or in your deluded mind you think it's his charms that are keeping him from getting picked up like Sowore or Kanu were.

Sunday is a 'child of necessity' borne out of the failure and collapse of the entire security apparatus of Nigeria, and unfortunately the cancer he's fighting enjoys overt support from a biased and incompetent Buhari, hence the widespread support he's enjoying all across the SW and beyond.

But don't delude yourself into thinking for a moment that this current herdsmen crisis would lead to the collapse of this administration or the Nigerian state by extension. Heck, the entire North (including Buhari's own state), is being overrun by bandits, kidnappers and boko haram for close to a decade now.

Yorubas are the only region in the south whose political leadership put aside political differences (in the face of a hostile FG) and showed enough resolve to establish a security outfit (Amotekun) to tackle the herdsmen menace, so don't create the false impression and narrative that efforts weren't made by the political class to address the problem. Obviously Amotekun wasn't well-equipped to deal with the problem, but that's not coz efforts weren't made in that direction.

You have forgotten how hard it is to get land back after it has been taken, at the most agreements are reached and a locals government or 2 allocated to them

What land do you speak of? Which land has been taken? By whom? Or are you referring to the forests where the criminal Fulanis were hiding and are now being flushed out of? Look, any Nigerian can lawfully purchase and own land in any part of Nigeria, including Yorubaland, and that includes foreigners and law-abiding Fulanis. That practice has been happening before you and I were born. What Fulanis are being asked to do is to vacate our forests and come live in towns and cities like everyone else, that way the criminals can be separated from the 'innocent' ones. And to start buying land where they can rear their cattle without grazing on people's farms and destroying crops. Do you have a problem with that?

Thank goodness for the sessionists, they saw the future and realized we were being led to the slaughter by a people who are specialists in sharing rice and garri during elections, making their own population slaves.

Guy, no one is saying you should not agitate for secession, but you will be foolish to think you can achieve that without the buy-in of the same yoruba political class that you are fond of castigating. And if you are so sure of yourself and the popularity of your secessionist position, I challenge you to go and run for political office to replace those same people you consider incompetent to lead the political affairs of the race, and drive your secession agenda. And instead of sharing garri and rice during your political campaigns, you can share mercedes benz and plots of land instead.

You APC yoruba guys are just stupid I swear, imagine we had listened to Femi Adeshina during Ruga where would we be?

Well, I am not an APC member so I won't take offence to that 'stupid' comment of yours, but if you no like APC, join PDP and support them with your full chest instead of disguising.

StaffofOrayan:
"If Tinubu speaks up, what will be the effect?"
Why are all the Fulanis in and out of power talking now?

What effect did an ordinary civilian without a quarter of the influence of Tinubu speaking up in the SW create in the polity? The problem is that you guys now believe your own silly, infantile lies,

Sunday Igboho is the product of the shameful silence of our 'leaders', like Tinubu, but in all your wisdom you are saying let's trust these leaders. Even though the write up clearly explained we are ill prepared and quoted over 5 Yoruba sons and daughters that eloquently detailed why, I guess they all suffer from "low self esteem"

My joy is that people are waking up to the reality we have found ourselves, people are starting to see that these crop of 'leaders' would drive us off the hill,

It's a glorious time to be alive, the smell of freedom is in the air, but of course we have people like you to deal with, people that are neither here or there, Awon baba sope,

Guy, you need to quit this your obsession with Tinubu because you just dey give yourself unnecessary headache. You are obviously a Yoruba secessionist, that's all fine and well, but until you figure out a way to get your 'Oduduwa Republic', politics and its inherent struggle for power will not cease in Nigeria, and the Yorubas that choose to play it in accordance with the 'One Nigeria' ethos are not any less Yoruba than you are (irrespective of how you feel about that).

If secession was so easy an objective to accomplish, the igbos would be living in Biafra before now, considering how much sacrifice they've devoted to the enterprise. Yet, in spite of all of that, their political class have not stopped functioning as bona-fide Nigerians and are even scheming to have one of theirs as president of the country. So why then can't you Yoruba secessionists agitate for your Republic in peace without dragging Yoruba politicians that insist on playing mainstream politics in the meantime?

Let me put it to you right now that if Yorubas pull out of Buhari's government today, the igbos in APC would readily take their spot, and heaven will not fall. Yes, I am talking about the same igbos that have been disturbing cyberspace with their Biafra 2.0 agitation for decades, yet on ground they are still going about their businesses all over Nigeria as if nothing dey happen.

Like my guy LegendHero already said, if you people like, you can cry and wail from now till tomorrow, but hear this and listen good, 2023 elections will come to pass (the certainty of that happening is as sure as the rising and the setting of tomorrow's sun), and a new president would emerge, with or without Yoruba input.

Since you, as a secessionist, are not interested in who emerges as the next president of Nigeria, that's very ok, but abeg allow those that care about the political relevance and future of Yorubas within Nigeria to play Nigeria politics as they see fit.

If Tinubu runs for presidency, you and your likes can decide not to even vote for him sef. It won't be the first time that such would be happening anyway. Afterall, OBJ didn't get the Yoruba vote in '99. But get off your high horse with the mentality that you are more yoruba than some yoruba politicians whom have empowered and done more for their region and fellow kinsmen than your likes ever will.

The Op is a typical alarmist ibo. The article he dug up to make his point is from over year ago if you clicked that link (January 2020), long before the Lagos-Ibadan rail was even completed for its current skeletal service and operations. Amaechi was specifically talking about the Warri to Abuja and Abuja to Kaduna rail lines, which as at then were not witnessing cargo traffic. But trust the bitter ipobs to twist facts (as usual), and wail about marginalization while creating a false impression and narrative.

That was how they made it seem like they were being forced to use Lagos ports due to a deliberate policy by the FG to make the Eastern ports unviable, when in actual fact they were the ones that were refusing to fully utilize the Onne port in Rivers. They must always find reasons to scapegoat others for their problems in life.

Amaechi's comment in that article merely underscored the need for the rails to be linked directly to the Lagos and other ports, because until then, there would be no incentive for importers to move goods to other parts of the country by rail. As at today, thousands of cargoes are being transported by road to the North daily, so the lack of usage isn't due to lack of demand for the service but rather to accessibility of the service to that demographic for now.

Even if all the SE cities are linked by rail today (without being linked to the ports), that route would be no different from the Abuja-Kaduna route which is always overbooked and sold out but yet isn't attracting cargoes. Afterall, there are more ibos in the North than in Lagos and the SW, yet ibo traders that ply those routes aren't using the Warri-Abuja and Abuja-Kaduna rails to move goods to and from the North.

The line linking the Lagos ports to the new rails are currently under construction.

ezenwajosh:
Nigerians way of reasoning drains my energy

Guy rest, you can't expect everyone to be as dumb and stupid as Kanu's zombie followers na, abi? Una wey mumu reach to buy hin fake Biafra 'passport' no get mouth to dey lecture others.

Anambra women again?? Why are they so wicked towards little kids? Odiegwu o.

Bloggers must sha inject Tinubu's name into their news reports, or else e no go sweet. Smh.

Fahdiga:
Your lord Tinubu is wanted in America, Chicago to be precise for drug related offence. Google is there for you

Na lie go kee you there. Where is the arrest warrant or evidence that he is wanted in America? U.S already gave him a clean bill of health long ago when this diabolical claim of yours first came up. Na your hatred for Tinubu go kee you if you continue like this.

At this rate, it is fair to say that as much as 50.49863432% of ibo children in iboland fit be omo ale. I pity ibo men. Smh.

Same old, same old.

Truth is most ibos prefer Atiku to any ibo Presidency. All their talk about ibo Presidency na scam. Dem wan follow chop inside dat $100-million wey Atiku cash-out from Intels.

Fahdiga:
Your logic is wrong. every Igbo man and majority of Yorubas are rooting for an Igbo man to be president

Guy, na you no sabi wetin dey happen for your own backyard.

Fahdiga:
What you don't know is that many Yorubas are rooting for an Igbo man to be president

Right. While even more ibos are rooting for Atiku. Even you sef go follow dem 'Atikulate' when time reach because una don get the memo say ibo no fit smell the ticket under even PDP, not to talk of APC. That $100-million wey Atiku cash out from Intels must go round.

The methodology used to arrive at the data is suspect. Eti-Osa has Ikoyi, V.I, Lekki under it, and there's no way a Surulere can beat that in purchasing power. Also the the Ibadan over Abuja is suspect because Abuja has more high networth people. Benin, Calabar, Jos, and Abeokuta, and Asaba have higher purchasing power than some of the cities on that list.

At least they are not in other regions committing crimes like child trafficking/baby factory, kidnapping, armed robbery, etc like some people. They are rendering a needed service and last time I checked there's nothing wrong with that. Driving a cab is far better, more dignifying, and lucrative than Okada/keke. And certainly better than baby factory, stealing, and kidnapping.

This desperation being exhibited by Trump is just sickening.

Smh. Dis people get mind sha. Dem will go another state and be commiting crimes upandan. The other day some were caught in Ogun after travelling all the way from Anambra just to come and steal motorbikes. Ndi developers.