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Politics / Re: Constitution: Fg Set To Remove State Of Origin by freepeople: 11:59am On Aug 08, 2011
nice one!
I'll keep my fingers crossed lipsrsealed
Celebrities / Re: Breaking News: Mercy Johnson May Call Off August 27 Wedding by freepeople: 3:38am On Aug 08, 2011
Nollywood blockbuster!
Chei! Mercy Johnson go hammer soon
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 8:01pm On Aug 07, 2011
playmode:

How much did winners chapel donate to the people dying of farmine in Somalia?  undecided

Nada! undecided embarassed
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 5:37pm On Aug 07, 2011
dabraska:

so out of all i sed, dis was all u cud pick?? i mite b off my med but [size=15pt]u r certainly not bright[/size]. its makes it worse if u actually saw d four walls of a school.  cool cool cool

I refuse to engage deranged bright dude in random bickering. I insist on you taking your drug before I engage you. Maybe you'll see the reason why you shouldn't donate your money to a swindler when your head clears.
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 5:17pm On Aug 07, 2011
dabraska:


bro, it shows d kind of mentality dat dey have, dey mst b worshippin in a hut nd dier pastors will tell dem all sorts of crap dat any pastor dat lives big is looting! lmfao! Abject Poverty Mediocre Mentality!!! (APMP)!!!! bunch of [size=15pt]illeterate[/size] saddists dat hv access to a computer! *smh*

so bcus he is a pastor, he shud b poor?? wat stupidity!

[size=13pt]Seems like you are off your med[/size],  grin
[size=13pt]Stop making fun of yourself[/size]
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 1:01am On Aug 07, 2011
toba:

Whose business is it that he wants to sell the jet(s)? Did he take permission anyone when he bought it? [size=14pt]Can sme1 pls tell me when it became news/crime for an individual to desire to or sell hs/hr property[/size]
Those properties were procured with whose money? embarassed
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 12:45am On Aug 07, 2011
bros1234:

[size=14pt]First, there are no 4 jets anywhere[/size].
Does he own any jet?

bros1234:

[size=14pt]Second, no one is planning to sell anything[/size]
It's alright.
He changed his mind lipsrsealed
Thanks for your timely information. Tell your pastor to quit the rip-off angry
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 12:26am On Aug 07, 2011
bros1234:

[size=14pt]They are not complaining[/size], instead they are happy, cos their lives are changed for the better by his preaching of faith. So dont be worried bro

do you expect them to complain when they are under spell?
Business / Re: Nigeria’s Richest Pastor Oyedepo Puts Private Jets Up For Sale by freepeople: 12:10am On Aug 07, 2011
violent:


[size=16pt]Why does anyone need 4 Jets?[/size]

[size=14pt]I pity his gullible followers[/size]
Music/Radio / Re: Chika - A New Voice by freepeople: 12:07am On Aug 07, 2011
semid4lyfe:

Didn't really feel her voice on the ''lullaby'' track cos the instrumentation was too loud and kinda drowned it.

All in all, not a bad voice but [size=18pt]she's kinda overstretching it[/size] IMO.


[size=14pt]supported[/size]
Celebrities / Re: Woman Claims Mercy Johnson Is About To Marry Her Husband! by freepeople: 7:54pm On Aug 06, 2011
na wa o,
I tire for this gist.

Well, I have a simple advice for Mercy Johnson
[size=18pt]'No matter how far you've gone on the wrong route; it's never too late to turn back' [/size]
Politics / Re: OPC's Gani Adams, others, Comment On Money For Abiola's Death For SW Leaders by freepeople: 10:14am On Aug 03, 2011
YAWN!!!!

STALE YARN
Business / Re: Happy 50th Birthday: Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi-31/07/2011 by freepeople: 12:52am On Aug 02, 2011
HBD to funk mallam.

An epitome of nepotism and mediocrity.

Silver tongue man of the year in Nigeria.

Africa's foremost poultry farmer.

Prodigious Islamic sholar.

BSc. Econs(ABU, Nig), MSc. Sharia(MADRASSA, Sudan).

The damage you've done to Nigeria will take years to manifest.

I thank you. May your days be long. May Allah keep u safe, even when the seed of discord you planted in this country leads to bloodshed.

Happy birthday to corporate bokoharamist
TV/Movies / Re: Nigeria's Karen And Zimbabwe's Wendall Are The Winners Of Big Brother Amplified by freepeople: 11:34pm On Jul 31, 2011
Karen Igho?

Isn't she the pornster wannabe?,

Is she not the one whose nakeeed picture is all over the internet?

BBA is just a sex glamour house. With extremely graphic acts.

Just another purposeless show gone by.
Politics / Re: Why Is Abia God's Own State? by freepeople: 8:16pm On Jul 26, 2011
Abia - God's forsaken State
Politics / Re: Imo Indigenes Return Home For Free Education by freepeople: 11:38am On Jul 26, 2011
Mehn, dis one na propaganda at its best.

Igbo people relocating from Benue ONLY.

I laugh in Swahili.

I hope Rochas doesn't rely on HYPE and headlines.

He should quickly get down to business.

I wont remind him of what happens to media savvy governor. Peter Obi can  proffer a better advice.

I rest my case.
Business / Re: How Can I Become A Billionaire At 36! by freepeople: 10:26pm On Jul 21, 2011
Aaaaaarrrgh! U wan become billionaire? That one is way too easy,
Bring
1. Double-headed snake(traded with N200,000)
2. 100mls of  Lion's sperrm(traded with N500,000)
3. Pregnant tortoise(traded with N1m)
4. 4 Cartons of Schnapp hot drink
5. 1 he-goat
6. 26 fowls(representing 26yrs)
7. 26 tubers of yam
8. 26 kolanuts
9. N26,000
The earlier you come, the better. 'cause price will adjust soon to reflect the minimum wage increase.
Politics / Re: Breaking News: Jega Sacks 11 Resident Commisioners by freepeople: 8:02pm On Jul 20, 2011
Too bad that Anambra Resident electoral commissioner is no where to be found in the list. After masterminding an attempt to rig out Ngige in Anambra Central Senatorial election
Business / Re: Lamido Sanusi's Performance - Brilliant, Over-hyped, Or Mediocre? by freepeople: 10:38am On Jul 19, 2011
Katsumoto:

Sanusi assured that he was ready to meet with Christian leaders to educate them on Nigeria’s interest in investing in Islamic banking.



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/islamic-banking-necessitated-by-effect-of-global-meltdown-sanusi/


Hey Mr. Sanusi! That's haughty
Celebrities / Re: Nelson Mandela Turns 93 by freepeople: 1:18pm On Jul 18, 2011
Happy birthday to the great colossus, Papa Mandela
Business / Re: Nigeria’ll Overtake US If It Has 24 Hours Electricity, Security by freepeople: 1:02pm On Jul 18, 2011
Jakumo:

Yes indeed.  If rats had wings, they would fly like bats, and if I had enough money, I would bone a different super-model every night of the week.


grin cheesy

IF I had rocket, I will fly to the moon.
IF,
Business / Re: Lamido Sanusi's Performance - Brilliant, Over-hyped, Or Mediocre? by freepeople: 10:15am On Jul 17, 2011
Yorubas are the Problem with Nigeria - By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Prosective Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria



In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

i. The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;
ii. Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
iii. The Yoruba Factor and "Area-boy" Politics.

My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was " Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors" published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled " The Igbo, the Yoruba and History"  (Aug. 21, 1998).
In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.
The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.
When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.

When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.


Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.

Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.

When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.

For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the  South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.
 
Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.

Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other "nationalities" that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.

To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities.  This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.
 
I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.
 
iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.
 
The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi.  Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.
 
Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.
 
The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.
 
After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.
 
The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.
 
If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems.


By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.

http://elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=868:yorubas-are-the-problem-with-nigeria-by-sanusi-lamido-sanusi&catid=57:sanusi-lamido-sanusi
TV/Movies / Re: Wich Do You Prefer: Nigerian Or American Movies? by freepeople: 9:20pm On Jul 16, 2011
I prefer Hollywood movies to Nollywood(IQ-depressing) movies

grin

I meant no offense
Sports / Re: Ghana Denies Using Juju Against Dream Team V by freepeople: 9:18pm On Jul 16, 2011
mtcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
These Ghananians get time.
Business / Re: Lamido Sanusi's Performance - Brilliant, Over-hyped, Or Mediocre? by freepeople: 10:54am On Jul 16, 2011
@Kat,
I was burning with anger when I was going through the article. I erroneously thought that you wrote it.
I was getting ready to unleash tirade on u.


Never mind, I hope that Sanusi's defenders gets to read this. At this juncture, who is doubting the man's intention? This is the closest we can get to th real SLS. I'm beginning to reconsider my stand of opposing some of his ill-conceived policies to opposing him in person.



This article does not look like an article written by a public office holder. It looks like an article written by a fringe element of a radical party.

I can't believe that a CBN governor designate could pass through the senate confirmation panel with this article credited to him. If someone tells me that this article was written by the late Muhammed Yusuf of Boko Haram; I wont raise an eyebrow. This shows that this country is rotten. The whole information in the article was so twisted that I became infuriated reading it.

I saw this article title on the internet titled "Yoruba is the problem with Nigeria" by SLS, but I didn't bother to read it because I couldn't make out time from my busy schedule.

I'm plain speechless, I can't help but exclaim 'what a bigot!'.

We are in trouble because when a sensitive position gets into the hand of a bigot. He tends to promote an extremist partisan agenda. Remember Hitler, Milosevic, the Pope that encouraged crusade, even Bush etc@Kat,
I was burning with anger when I was going through the article. I erroneously thought that you wrote it.
I was getting ready to unleash tirade on u.


Never mind, I hope that Sanusi's defenders gets to read this. At this juncture, who is doubting the man's intention? This is the closest we can get to th real SLS. I'm beginning to reconsider my stand of opposing some of his ill-conceived policies to opposing him in person.


This article does not look like an article written by a public office holder. It looks like an article written by a fringe element of a radical party.

I can't believe that a CBN governor designate could pass through the senate confirmation panel with this article credited to him. If someone tells me that this article was written by the late Muhammed Yusuf of Boko Haram; I wont raise an eyebrow. This shows that this country is rotten. The whole information in the article was so twisted that I became infuriated reading it.

I saw this article title on the internet titled "Yoruba is the problem with Nigeria" by SLS, but I didn't bother to read it because I couldn't make out time from my busy schedule.

I'm plain speechless, I can't help but exclaim 'what a bigot!'.

We are in trouble because when a sensitive position gets into the hand of a bigot. He tends to promote an extremist partisan agenda. Remember Hitler, Milosevic, the Pope that encouraged crusade, even Bush etc.
















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Politics / Re: Nigerian Army Begins Local Construction Of Assault Boats by freepeople: 2:31pm On Jul 15, 2011
Typical of Nigerians. Instead of constructing humvee's to help in pursuit of Boko haram; they are constructing assault boats. What's their need? To attack the already pacified MEND? We as a nation has formed the habit of tackling problems in the lowest chain of our scale of preference.

Treating eczema and curing leprosy. Which one should take priority?
Attacking Boko Haram that is presently blowing the country apart AND fighting MEND; which one should be our priority?
Sports / Re: Defeat: We Found Charms In Our Dressing Room – Nigerian Captain by freepeople: 2:10pm On Jul 15, 2011
Failure is part of life. Most times, failure forms the bedrock of future success. It offends people sensibility when you give excuse for failure. There is no excuse for failure. We should learn to take responsibility in event of failure by apologizing, pleading for forgiveness and promise to put up a better show in subsequent events if given another chance.

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