Politics › Re: Why Are Some People Triggered When Told To Go And Protest In Their Region? by garykoeman: 10:34am On Sep 11, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: Why Are Some People Triggered When Told To Go And Protest In Their Region? by garykoeman: 10:31am On Sep 11, 2025 |
BATified2023: Good morning everyone, hope you are all cool? Lately we all saw news of uprising and protests from Nepal in which the gen z protested of social media ban and they went on the street to show their discomfort which led to killings, lootings and burning of properties which always accompanying any protest of such.
Now to the Nigerian situation, many people from a certain place are all over social media platforms wishing what happens in Nepal should happen in Nigeria, they really don't care of the repercussions but to them they want to do it to Nigeria so they can get back to Nigeria because their candidate lost out in the last election.
Now to the real deal, when they praise anarchy and you tell them to go and start revolution or protest or whatever from their region, they get triggered immediately and they go on insulting spree. The question is, why can't they start protest or revolution from their region?
Is it that charity no longer begin from home again?
Why must charity begin from another man's home?
Is it that they don't want progress for their own region?
Look at Racoon as a case study, I only told him to start revolution in his region and look at his response, like why not start the cleaning from your own house?
Why not get things right from your own place? Why must charity begin from another person's home? Their plan is to scatter other regions. Endsars already exposed their intent. |
Politics › Re: When Akwa Ibom Invested $96m In The Godswill Akpabio Stadium Back In 2014(pix) by garykoeman: 9:22am On Sep 10, 2025 |
Only illiterate people will rate obi, someone that his brewery is worth next to nothing after investing billions on it.
Even Anambra are not benefitting from it not to talk about the country.
Nigeria have been benefitting from akpabio legacy, these is how you know leaders with foresight. |
Politics › Re: Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu Was The Richest Man In Nigeria. by garykoeman: 12:30pm On Sep 08, 2025 |
shortgun: Again, most of you are ignorant and always project inaccurate narratives for whatever reasons. Lagos State Government vs. Ojukwu is a very popular and influential case study in Nigerian legal education and jurisprudence any serious person who studied law must have come across it.
This was on one of Louis ojukwu's property. Even after Lagos State Government lost at the court of Appeal, it still took the matter to the Supreme Court
https://legalpediaonline.com/military-governor-lagos-state-and-ors-vs-chief-emeka-odumegwu-ojukwu/ This is a single property. The way you are making it seems it's like Lagos state stole almost everything, which is not true. Most of those property were used to prosecute the war. Or where did you think odumegwu got the money from to lunch a full scale war. Another lies peddle is the issue of $20 given to S.E to restart their lives. Majority of Igbo men and women withdrew their money from the banks before the start of the war and converted it to Biafra currency. One of the first institutions to be created by the Biafran Government was the Bank of Biafra, which was accomplished under ‘Decree No. 3 of 1967’ (also known as the ‘Bank of Biafra Decree, 1967’). Reports claim that many individuals presented their savings in local and foreign currency to the government so that weapons could be bought; later, gold and jewels were donated as contributions to the war effort. Money was also being raised from outside the Republic." In an interview at Umuahia on 18 January 1968, Gen. Ojukwu made the following comment: ‘I understand that some women in the villages said that if this money [during the recall of Nigerian currency for Biafran currency] was wanted for the war they did not mind; the government should take it all.’ (Ojukwu, 1969 |
Politics › Re: Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu Was The Richest Man In Nigeria. by garykoeman: 12:09pm On Sep 08, 2025 |
shortgun: As stated in the original post. Most of his wealth was stolen by the government during and after the Civil war, especially Lagos state government where he has most of his properties. Lagos state took over all of his properties, his children were only able to recover some through litigation. Lies, none of Louis ojukwu wealth was stolen. Even his son odumegwu never made mention of it. Most of those funds and property were utilize to prosecute the Biafra war by ojukwu himself. Reason why louis never lived long. |
Politics › Re: Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu Was Never The Richest Man In Nigeria - Reno Omokri by garykoeman: 8:16am On Sep 08, 2025 |
Akaujaa: Reno is senseless. He lives in the now, forgetting the future. What he doesn't know is that the rubbish he vomits through his mouth can hurt not just him but his generation unborn. He thinks he talks for fun or for political gain, not knowing that what he says is capable of pulling down a nation. What Reno said is the truth. Why are u sad when you people lies are been bursted. People like u are the reason why we find ourselves in these mess. Others are guilty but my people are saint. |
Politics › Re: Obi Donates ₦10 Million, Decries Health Workers Deficit At Achcohsten’s 20th Ann by garykoeman: 10:50am On Aug 31, 2025 |
Greek gift.  Nigerians collect your money it was fraudulently take from your state reserve. |
Crime › Re: Elon Musk Reacts As Emmanuel Adeniji Rapes 73-Year-Old Woman, 300 Others by garykoeman: 10:42am On Aug 31, 2025 |
Any yoruba still hoping to vote the Anambra fake messiah. This is what you will get in their New Nigeria.  |
Politics › Re: Under Tinubu: Economic Hardship, Naira Collapse– The New Definition Of Growth by garykoeman: 10:38am On Aug 31, 2025 |
All these peteru obi supporters. All these will not make the country vote a regional messiah.  |
Politics › Re: Silent In South East As Gentle De Yahoo Keeps Killing by garykoeman: 11:05am On Aug 30, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: Silent In South East As Gentle De Yahoo Keeps Killing by garykoeman: 11:03am On Aug 30, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: 2027: Our Presidential Ticket Open For Contest Despite Endorsing Tinubu – APC by garykoeman: 11:24am On Aug 28, 2025 |
yarimo: are you saying Peter obi is not popular enough to defeat president TINUBU in APC primaries election Obi has never contested or won any party primaries all through his political sojourn. He has always been undemocratically selected, from APGA to Labour Party. |
Politics › Re: If 4 Years Are Enough To Fix Nigeria, Why Is Peter Obi Not Criticizing GEJ by garykoeman: 11:09am On Aug 28, 2025 |
mrvitalis: Critic Jonathan that grew our economy by over 30%
Una well so?
Name one aspect of the economy that Tinubu has performed better than Jonathan A Robust economy was handed over to Jonathan which he practically destroyed before exiting office. Foreign Reserve was $45b by the time of yaradua death Jonathan blasted almost half of it without any tangible thing to show for the spending. |
Politics › Re: FG Disburses ₦5.12 Billion Pension Arrears To 90,689 Retirees by garykoeman: 7:24am On Aug 12, 2025 |
anonimi: The flow is restricted to make us appreciate the crumbs that we get instead of the lumps that we have a right to enjoy.
What happened to the $84 billion subsidy savings? What happened to the $3.3 billion Afreximbank loan that was to defend the Naira and make the dollar crash to N300 in the short term? Lies, where was it stated the government saved $84b do you know what 84b in dollars meant or are you confusing it with 84bn |
Politics › Re: Panic In ADC As EFCC Goes After Key Members by garykoeman: 6:58am On Aug 12, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: Tinubu Offended Me, He’s Full Of Himself – Babachir Lawal by garykoeman: 6:57am On Aug 12, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: Johnathan Is Clearly Needed Now This Is Why by garykoeman: 11:46am On Aug 08, 2025 |
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Please leave politics of bitterness. GEJ did he's best and it wasn't good enough. Presently Peter Obi is the best amongst all others and fortunately he happens to be an Igbo man. Igbos have been voting other tribes and they weren't call tribalistic? You can't gaslight the Igbos to vote incompetent people. We are talking about our future and not the archaic game of politics politicians play. You only have one vote. GEJ shouldn't let himself to be used by political vultures. A wise person can see through your games. I only pity the youths who can't see your plans. Cut this crap of obi is the best because of tribal sentiment. Obi who could not guarantee Anambra future is what u re trying to whitewash. What is the difference of Anambra present economy status compare to other southeast states. |
Politics › Re: Igbos Vow To Mobilize And Prevent Tinubu’s Victory In 2027 Presidential Election by garykoeman: 11:15am On Aug 08, 2025 |
Same people who called the country zoo are also anxious to produce zoo president of S.E extraction.  |
Sports › Re: Okocha, Eto'o, Others Shine As Traore Opens Burkina's Historic August 4 Stadium by garykoeman: 4:01pm On Aug 07, 2025 |
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Sports › Re: Okocha, Eto'o, Others Shine As Traore Opens Burkina's Historic August 4 Stadium by garykoeman: 3:56pm On Aug 07, 2025 |
Imagine traore wasting $300m on stadium renovation. A poor country for that matter.
Money which he could have invested in heath and education for the citizen.
The upgrading looks low quality.
Burkina Faso looting mode activated. |
Politics › Re: Archive For Old Tweets Of Peter Obi's Bad Governance by garykoeman: 7:56am On Aug 07, 2025 |
DMerciful: In 2027, Nigerians will elect Peter Obi because present-day Tinubu has failed irreversibly God forbid bad thing. Elect the Anambra disaster. |
Politics › Re: They Told Us To "Go And Verify"...the Verification Is Out!!! by garykoeman: 6:04pm On Aug 06, 2025 |
Nigerians should keep exposing the fraud.
Anambra failure suddenly turn Nigeria saviour. |
Politics › Re: Why “place Of Origin” Breaks Us More Than It Builds Us by garykoeman: 8:57am On Aug 04, 2025 |
ibabz: Disclaimer This piece is personal. You’re free to disagree, but I hope you read with an open heart. If your response is petty or vindictive rather than honest and constructive, I won’t stay silent. Be guided.
I remember the joy of growing up in Nigeria when names didn’t matter, when tribes didn’t divide us, and when children laughed without knowing where you “came from.” My friends were from Sokoto, Cross River, Borno, Delta, Lagos, Enugu. We played, ate, and fought like brothers, not strangers.
Back then, whenever anyone asked, “Where are you from?” I’d smile and say, “I’m from Nigeria.” The confusion on their faces used to amuse me. Some expected me to say Lagos. Others guessed Maiduguri or Delta. None ever got it right. I liked it that way. I liked not being boxed in.
But that world? That innocence? It’s fading. And it hurts.
I’ve watched with a heavy heart how the very question of “Where are you from?” now builds walls between us. Walls built on prejudice. On suspicion. On politics. On lies.
In Nigeria, I’ve seen how people cling to the idea of “state of origin” as if it were carved into stone. But it’s not. Our ancestors didn’t drop from the sky. They moved. They wandered. They settled. They left one land for another, again and again, until they found a place to call home. From there another offspring moved and found another land they could call their home.
I remember visiting riverine communities as a USAID M&E officer. The elders told me how their people, fishermen used to spend days near rivers far from their villages. So, they built huts. Then homes. Then brought their wives. Their children were born there. Years passed. Generations passed. And now, those children say, “This is where we are from.” And honestly, they’re right.
So tell me, what is “origin,” really?
If Ile-Ife Was the Start, Where Did Oduduwa Come From? Some say all Yoruba people came from Ile-Ife. Others whisper stories about Oduduwa coming from Arabia. I’ve even heard claims that the Igbos trace their roots to Israel.
And if you believe the Bible, then our first father was Adam and our first address? The Garden of Eden.
So again, I ask: if everyone is from somewhere else, why do we use “where you’re from” to divide, exclude, and judge
I’ve travelled. I’ve lived outside Nigeria. And let me say this clearly: I’ve never seen a place where ancestral origin holds this much power over people’s lives.
In most places, what matters is where you are born, not where your great-grandfather migrated from. A child born in Texas is American. A child born in London is British. A child born in Lagos should be Nigerian-Lagosian even not labeled a “settler.”
And yet in Nigeria, that same child might be told, “You’re not from here.”
Why?
We’ve Institutionalized Division. Look at our school admissions. Some children are denied entry not because they’re not smart, but because their “state of origin” has higher cut-off marks. Others are told they don’t “belong” in civil service jobs. In their own country.
Our Constitution enshrines this. “Federal Character” was meant to give everyone a fair shot. But now? It’s being used to tell people they’re not welcome in places they’ve lived their whole lives.
Even our politics is soaked in tribal identity. Parties pick candidates by zones, not merit. People vote based on language, not leadership. And when violence breaks out? It’s often neighbors turning on neighbors, all in the name of “origin.”
If We Changed One Law, Everything Could Change
Imagine a Nigeria where your identity comes from where you're born or where you grow up. Imagine a Nigeria where…
A Hausa boy born in Lagos is simply Lagosian.
A Yoruba girl raised in Enugu is considered Igbo by identity.
A Tiv child born in Port Harcourt is treated as a Rivers native.
Do you know what that would do? That would unite us. That would heal us. That would build families that reflect the beautiful blend of who we are.
My fear for the Southwest. We used to be admired. Loved. Respected. The bride of the nation. But today, I see other regions slowly pulling back. The warmth is turning cold. The trust is wearing thin.
Worse still, our youth, the ones who should be wiser are becoming tools in political hands. Chanting division. Spreading hate. And I fear: the seeds of tribalism we’re planting now may one day grow into trees too tall to chop down.
A time may come when no region will trust us again. When we’ll cry out about marginalization and wonder how it all slipped away.
I am proud to be Black. But not just because I’m Yoruba.
I am proud to be African. But not just because I’m from Lagos.
I am proud to be Nigerian. Because that name, Nigeria, carries the weight of all our tribes, all our languages, all our dreams.
Let’s Break the Cycle. What if we stopped asking “Where are you from?” and started asking “Where are you going?”
What if we raised our children not to carry the burden of tribal scars, but the hope of a united country?
What if we taught them that “home” is where you build your life, not just where your ancestors once lived?
That is the Nigeria I believe in. That is the Nigeria I still pray for. It use to be so, but not anymore. the country has already being divided along ethnic, tribal and religious line. Northerners, westerners and easterners don't share same political or cultural idealogy. |
Politics › Re: Reason Why Peter Obi Is Hated By All Politicians by garykoeman: 11:49am On Jul 28, 2025 |
He is hated because of his tendency to always lie, also with his manipulative instinct, while also been a religious and ethnic bigo-t. |
Politics › Re: Na statistics we go chop: Tinubu overfeeding Nigerians With Wrong figures - Obi by garykoeman: 11:43am On Jul 28, 2025 |
Coming from someone who grew poverty level in Anambra to the highest ever witness after the civil war  Lamba master.  |
Politics › Re: PO Visits His Alma Mater CKC Onitsha And Donates 50million by garykoeman: 5:51am On Jul 25, 2025 |
This man really plundered Anambra funds as governor. See him donating looted state funds, just to bribe the electorate.  |
Politics › Re: On The Origin Of Evil by garykoeman: 3:17pm On Jul 21, 2025 |
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Politics › Re: "Giving Should Be Done In Private, Gov Okpebholo Didn't Threaten Obi" - Edo Govt by garykoeman: 8:02pm On Jul 20, 2025 |
Obi giving na to carry camera all about.
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Politics › Re: 2027: North Doesn’t Trust Peter Obi, Atiku Can’t Defeat Tinubu – Anthony Sani by garykoeman: 7:06am On Jul 18, 2025 |
Eriokanmi: Is it tinubu who dribbled them with a muslim-muslim ticket they'd trust? Make una dey play. It Is his opinion though, which everyone is entitled to. Of course, tinubu is good at spreading propaganda. He will do anything to sponsor propaganda against obi, even among his people but will fail cos people are wiser now. All odds are against him now as well, unlike in 2023.You've started the fake narratives once again. How come you guys not saying obi is a social media candidate again? I guessed its become a stale song right?.
Obi won 2023 election but they slapped him by conniving with the inec. We saw those flaws after the elections as they didn't perfect the rigging well. With the same faith ticket and massive rigging, tinubu, still didnt win north convincingly in 2023. North doesn't trust obi but he secured the much needed 25% in adamawa and others. How many apc states did tinubu win in the north? He even lost in the fct despite the well-funded campaigns. Obi spent nothing rather, we donated for him and we will do it again, even bigger. He's the masses candidate.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Elrufai will take care of the core north for obi. All obi needs is a little, from the core north. North didn't trust tinubu ahead of 2023 and they are vindicated already. CPC bloc won't vote him and their recent outbursts have shown. Onanuga had even made things worse for him with the recent 12m votes controversy. Words are like eggs. Obi won 2023 election but could only muster 25% in 16 states, while Tinubu got 25% in 31 states.  |
Politics › Re: Advise To Peter Obi And Obidients - From A Fellow Obidient by garykoeman: 5:30pm On Jul 12, 2025 |
Hemanwel: This is the naive political radicality I talked about in my first paragraph. Can u listen to yourselves. Someone won election According to u, but still looking for coalition. Tell us how he won and how he was able to achieve 25% in 24 states of the federation. Atiku had 25% in 21 states. Obi had 25% in 16 states. While President Tinubu had 25% in 31 states. So my question is how did someone who had 25% in 16 states came out victorious in the 2023 presidential election. |
Politics › Re: BRICS Is Over. Where Is Tinubu? by garykoeman: 8:53am On Jul 12, 2025 |
Ibo people obsession with president Tinubu.  . There is no day they will not made mention of his name. Jagaban giving them High B.P.  |
Politics › Re: ADC Presidential Primary: Atiku, Amaechi, Obi, Others To Sign 'Unity' Agreement by garykoeman: 8:50am On Jul 12, 2025 |
Bobloco: Atiku is far better than the D-Lord by miles. He doesn’t engage in the Emilokan' tribal and ethnic bigotry, the bitter brand of politics perpetuated by a certificate forger, identity thief, and buccaneering power grabber. According to u, also Atiku is far far better than peter obi in terms of intellectual and foresight. |