₦airaland Forum

naijababe:
On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being king 'o' crap, that's like 0.5 by NL standards
Now you're just showboating, I'm almost sure you's too young to make any meaning of Arelu, Koto Orun yeah

you dont know what you are talking about.

Anyway, do you have it?

Odunnu don turn high end escort oooooooo

yarodin:
Great writeup Eko Ile. Did you send a copy to Fashola and Tinubu?

He just mailed one to the dumb and clueless Ikemba in hell London

bashr4:
and whats the death toll of yorubas in the north since 1999? can i get a link to that too

And  do you want that of the Ibos with it?

bashr4:
are u sure about that

.  .   .  Notwithstanding their political feuds,[size=28pt]the Yoruba people are distinguished above all their surrounding races for their generally peaceful disposition, love of industry, friendliness, and hospitality towards strangers.[/size]
http://books.google.com/books?id=r54UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA754&lpg=PA754&dq=yoruba+hospitality&source=bl&ots=p7wOV5tMmE&sig=JTx6Yph7U7kyFik7zhzSrz5sbB0&hl=en&ei=3NiKTcqzJO-80QGopsnlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=yoruba%20hospitality&f=false

And thats from a foreigner!

Neeed I say more?

ABove all their surrounding races, including IBOS I guess!

bashr4:
which education are u talking about? you have to first be more educated than the south southerners before u start comparing yourself to south easterners, u neva reach that level,anambra alone have more universities than any of your yeye state,those that move to yoruba land simply cant compete in igbo land so they have to go where they will meet weaker people to opress, hahahahaha if your strugling with igbos in southwest i wonder if u will even be able to gain admission in south east.

http://www.4icu.org/topAfrica/

I like how there are so many SE universities on that least!

Igbo kwenu

bashr4:
u must be a fool , have u been to awka, onitsha, portharcourt? maybe u shud visit those cities before u make such comments.

You are the fool here

Yoruba people are known to love themselves and to be very content with their station in life, no matter how horrible it looks to others. We dont Wander to other places aimlessly like a decapitated Christmas chicken. If at all , most Yorubas outside of the SW are in the North, cos Hausas are known to be hospitable and accommodating of others, just like the Yoruba people. But very unlike the money hungry, blood sucking Ndigbos! Did I hear Igbo kwenu?

Think about it, for Yorubas educationally, if not SW, then SS, North, Ghana, and then obodo-oyinvo. But never SE. Why would we?

It is an undeveloped area with a bunch of hungry cannibals and kidnappers. I am sure you yourself, if you are in Nigeria, you are prolly in the SW, forever ensconced there, and utterly terrified to go back to Alaigbo your homeland. I dont blame you though. Who wan die?

ezeagu:
[center]E-POINT SCORING: It stays on the internet...[/center]

See this: It has started to affect him psychologically.

Justcash:
fstranger 3 is the most tribalistic goat that I have ever seen in my life. SMH. Anuofia! Wetin concern Igbos concern performing Yoruba ministers? I wonder if the word "Igbo" reminds you of how stoopid you are?

ezeagu:
What it doesn't do is: Develop your homeland!

True. But it does start the debate in that direction. It also in a away highlights the enormous potential and transparency of intention that abound in the SW. It is a pointer to who we are, and to what we are capable of achieving alone, were we to break off, vis-a-vis other ethnic groups around us.

dayokanu:
Akinrogun, Mo ri ise owo e o

Ise owo mi ke.  E wo nbe. Tiredi yi, abi omiran?

It also affects your psyche, and more than that, it creates impression in the mind of the readers.

^^^
Are they all as incompetent?

^^^^

I dont get you

You dont like Shekarau because he was accused to have stolen (questionable source though);yet, you are a fan of Soludo despite the fact that he is known to have stolen more money than any other CBN governor in history.

Hmmmmm

I am most impressed by Mansur Muhtar. he is not always given adequate recognition for his role in helping Nigeria 'pay off' her debt to the Paris club.  This article goes along way to demystify the myth behind the 'inimitable' prowess of Iweala.

Blazay:
Oh well.
What can I say?
I wish I were a white man.

I don't care about the sexual myths.
What is the use of a big sointin with no brains?

Well, White chics like hooking up with me 'cos they know I have big sointin. Thats one important use, No?

The original title used an un-flattering word to describe Aaondokaa


I think mine is a better title. Truth, no matter how uncomfortable to some, must be said.

This is really interesting.


It shows that the so called rascals are actually indispensable in this contraption called Nigeria.



I dey laugh oooooo

^^^
What do you know about naija's education system?

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5684996-146/aondoakaa_is_a_thug_say_us.csp

Mike Aondoakaa, the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, is a thug who did the late President Umaru Yar'Adua's dirty work, a leaked US diplomatic cable, made exclusively available to NEXT, has said.


In the cable, dated December 24, 2008, American diplomats attached to the US embassy in Nigeria, also criticised the late Yar'Adua's anti-corruption fight citing his choice of people with questionable characters as ministers. The cable, classified by the then acting political counsellor, Cheryl Fernandes and endorsed by then American Ambassador, Robin Sanders, is a comprehensive biographical background check on some ministers that served under the late President. "Aondoakaa is an intelligent, politically savvy lawyer who is reputed to have done some of Yar'Adua's dirty work, including attempts to disgrace Economic and Financial Crimes Commission former chairman, Nuhu Ribadu," the US officials wrote in their dispatch to Washington. "He is considered to be a thug heavily involved in illicit enrichment and cannot be trusted. Yar'Adua keeping him on belies his commitment to the rule of law." Contacted yesterday, Mr. Aondoakaa said the assessment of him was nonsense. "Is it not the same woman who said things about the speaker, about the President?" Mr. Aondoakaa said. "The woman was just here carrying out the wish of her masters. The US doesn't have serious attachment to these cables. The Nigerian government has denied these cables. What she was saying, if she said them at all, is nonsense."

Fugitive in the cabinet

The Americans also said President Yar'Adua's choice of Chuka Odom, a man "wanted" by the EFCC, as the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, only showed his administration's insincerity in fighting corruption. "Odom was declared "wanted" by the EFCC, alongside former Governor Kalu's mother, for alleged fraud and money laundering. That an individual under investigation and "wanted" by the EFCC can retain a cabinet seat is symbolic of the GON's ineffectiveness at pushing against entrenched interests in the fight against corruption," the cable reads. The diplomats also criticised the appointment of Godsday Orubebe as Minister of State for Niger Delta, describing it as an insurance against Mr. James Ibori. "We note, however, that his appointment might also be indicative of former Governor Ibori's continuing powerful influence. With Ibori having his former assistant, Orubebe in the Niger Delta Ministry and his former accountant, David Edevbie in the Presidential Villa, and his first-cousin as Delta State Governor (Uduaghan), Ibori is more entrenched than ever in the Yar'Adua administration," the Americans noted.

The cable described Ojo Madueke, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, as a key figure who had remained beneficial to US interests. "Maduekwe has been described by Nigerians as a member of "AGIP" (Any Government in Power). He has been successful in making the transition from Obasanjo's inner circle to Yar'Adua's. There are some rumors that he may be replaced in the near future, which would be a loss for the USG. Maduekwe has been helpful on issues for DRC, Mauritania, and Zimbabwe," reported the cable.

Clueless, incompetent ministers

It was also revealed that many of the ministers were chosen solely because of their closeness to the president and not based on national interest. Sayyadi Abba Ruma, then Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources; and Hassan Lawal, then Minister of Works and Housing, and the only other minister, after Mr. Madueke, to have served in Messrs. Obasanjo and Yar'Adua administration were described to fit this profile. Mr. Ruma's several appointments, including heading the Labour Ministry and the Ministry of Health following the removal of the former Minister on corruption charges are said to be tied to him attending the same secondary school with Mr. Yar'Adua.

US agencies "found him ineffective as the supervising Minister of Health from April to December 12, 2008." "Ruma is part of the Katsina clique (President Yar'Adua's home state) and has the ear of President Yar'Adua. Ruma is reportedly also President Yar'Adua's cousin. We have been told that he served as the first kidney donor to Yar'Adua," the cable said. Deziani Allison-Madueke, the then Minister of Mines and Steel Development, was described as "ineffectual" and said to have done "a poor job in her last Ministerial position as Transportation and Aviation Minister". The Americans remembered her more for having wept in public at the state of disrepair of the Lagos-Ore Expressway while serving as Minister of Transportation. After several interactions with Bagudu Hirse, the second Minister of State in the Foreign Affairs ministry, the Americans said "he appeared thoroughly unbriefed on foreign affairs". The then Minister of Science and Technology, Alhassan Zaku, was said to have "made no real noteworthy contributions in his previous position as Minister of State for Science and Technology".

Jostling for portfolio's

[size=14pt]Dora Akunyili, who became the Minister of Information and Communications, is reported to have told Mrs Sanders on December 22 that "she is very upset about not getting the Health portfolio".[/size] She said she went to see Mr and Mrs. Yar'Adua over the issue and told them she was contemplating turning down the appointment based on her husband's advice.

Yet she never did. "She confided to Ambassador she is worried that her reputation of being honest and no-nonsense would not do well in the Yar'Adua administration. Akunyili said Yar'Adua told her never to lie and promised he would never ask her to lie for him," the cable said. Adetokunbo Kayode was reported as being "highly disappointed" at not being appointed as the Minister of Justice/Attorney General. But the officials described him as having made little impact as the Minister of Tourism. "He had a running battle with the head of the Tourism Board and there is little to show for his time in this Ministry.

He is likely to be happier with his appointment to Labor, but we don't see any reason to believe his record will be much better in this Ministry. He is said to have an explosive temper that marred his tenure at the Ministry of Tourism," US officials said.

Shining few

Despite the knocks against majority of President' Yar'Adua's cabinet, some ministers won the admiration of the Americans. [color=#000099][size=28pt]Babatunde Osotimehin, the then Minister of Health, was described as "one of Yar'Adua's better appointments";[/size] [size=28pt]Aderemi Babalola, then Minister of State for Finance, was said to be "extremely competent, knows his portfolio well".[/size]

About Mansur Muhtar, the then Minister of Finance, who played a major role in the negotiations that led to Nigeria's exit from the Paris and London Clubs of creditors, the officials said, "A senior U.S. economist who worked closely with him at the Africa Development Bank described him as by far the best Executive Director at the bank ,  smart, articulate, and gets the big picture.[/color]

^^^

I wish I could gbenu si e l'enu?

It gats to be Ibo, init?

Daniel Kanu and Nzeribe both said the same thing about Abacha

What else is new?

What is that?


My question stands: wetin be 'gbe le khua?'


Are you one my dear?

Dem fence Eldee, he con get angry.

Anyway, good article! Too verbose for my liking though. Per Nigerian wuruwuru standard, not too bad

Carry go alaye mi architect baba!

She no understand that one


Anyway, what is gbelekhue?
Are you a gbelekhue?