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This Bini children of Yoruba keep on spinning stories. Each time they see Yoruba outside Nigeria, they wish they can relate.

Unfortunately, their Ogiso landlords want to kick them out and even obtained court order humiliating them.

No amount of selling your royal father's Yoruba heritage will appease those Oranmiyan conquered slaves. Giving up your Yoruba names will not help.

What biz has Brazil, Cuba and West Africa Yoruba got to do with Igodomiodo?

Anyone that knows anything about Nigeria knows Abiola was an opportunist that only changed color when he was told point blank by NPN that there is no vacancy in the Presidency. May his souls and that of Dele Giwa rest in peace. Concord was a megaphone for NPN and Shagari.

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The same. He helped shape every government since Gowon was overthrown. He was a Personal Adviser to all HOS's uptil his incarceration and death.

My problem with this guy is that we have heard these noises before. Actually at this point every state and village are ready to separate. I do not know why people talk about small countries in Europe as if they are independent economically. When Greece, Portugal and Spain went belly up and still going belly up, where do they run to?

What is the the point of European Union if not to garnish power and compete with almighty United States. Abi US na small contari? Is China another small country or another democracy with solid opposition? Can Israel survive on its own?

Africans need to settle for their own form of government that works. If democracy did not fail in US, what did?

I am tired of hearing rosy prediction for a country that had no past of such or any example to show us. If your point is Biafra, Western Nigeria must leave and they will succeed on their own based on their past examples. So far the only region in Nigeria since 19th century that has survived on its own.

All these noise about you want to go are falling on deaf and dumb ears. You called for Unitary Government, when you were outfoxed, you call for Biafra. Under Jonathan, you occupied every powerful position with oil income at its peak, Nigeria and Delta Region especially became worse off. So who are you preaching to? Show us an example of your accomplishment as a people, not individually or outside your base.

Only the West need to separate itself from this mess. Every region in Nigeria feed and survive on the West. The cry of oil income is like that of a drunken sailor and prodigal son. It is not how much you make, but how you manage it.

Comot jo make I pass!

Princedapace:
Let me simply tell us the bitter truth! The reason Nigeria will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever progress is this?

I have studied countries with progress and i came about one thing: strong unions, strong masses, strong oppositions. Now, humans are naturally bias in nature and if u give people the freedom, they will loot u, sleep wit ur wife, ur husband, and even kill u. It is in human's nature to do evil, selfish, and all that. that was why those who created democracy, created check and balances, that is why those who created democracy do not kill opposition but gave room for opposition. That was why they gave freedom of the press. There is something about the developed worlds, they see opposition, criticism and check and balances as part of national patriotism. Unfortunately, the Nigerian does not like any of this. Now see why.

Humans were naturally designed to be bias like i stated earlier, no matter how much we want to claim saints. The way Nigeria is structured, it can never work. Not even regional govt can work (though would be better). The best thing for Nigeria is total splits. The Europeans know this and they allowed this in their continent, unfortunately, Africans were used to establish force states. If u check out most of the wars in Africa, they were all caused by tribal and ethnic issues. Now, I can not criticize buhari becus i would be seen first as an Igbo guy before anyone could think about the sense in what Im saying.

Remember i mentioned strong masses as one of the ingredients of developed countries. In Nigeria, we have given our leaders freedom to do whatever they like. And since there is invisible ethnic superiority contest in the country, the masses actually care not as long as their own tribe is in power. this is a silent way to show off ethnic superiority. Now, this sad reality only favours the political class becus they can simply make laws to keep enriching themselves while we cheer them as long as our own tribe person is in one political power or the other. This has weakened the masses who could have held govt extremely accountable.

Take for instance, if there is a civil unrest in respect to poor electricity for as long as possible, the govt will surely do something becus the govt hates embarrassment. But we cant achieve this becus the masses are weakened as a result of silent ethnic superiority contests. This same problem has been there for decades and some honest politicians saw this issue coming but many were blinded by foolishness.

Many countries in Europe are smaller than lagos state as a whole. Research has shown that nations prosper more than states, if u understand the meaning of state and nation. The politicians know this, if u are close to any of the politicians, they will tell u this same thing as long as the media is not there with them. They are happy becus they are greedy, they are enjoying the weak nature of the masses.

If we can split, i can tell u, it would be hard but each nation will grow. I understand it is almost too late to split now. This was what we could have achieved instead of the yeye civil war we had. If Nigeria had split back then, the varuous nations would av gone far. Why? The masses will no longer feel the need for ethnic superiority contests, but will hold their leaders accountable.

The govt will not be mad when criticized, the govt will understand that a strong opposition meant well for the nation too, the govt will understand what it means to have checks and balances. As it is my bro, we have lost it. There is no more way out except a true leader can come out, fight the current political structure, and destroy it, to create a new constitution and begin a long process of independent states.

We cant hold our governors accountable becus they have made us to know that they do not have power to make many things until Federal govt approves them. And sincerely speaking, the FG runs the country no matter how u see it. Nigeria has been designed to fail. I can see how people are so feeling hopeless right now, but when there is a post about how the current govt is trying to hijack the judiciary, legislature, media, weakened the opposition, u will see many people rejoicing. These same things the govt is doing was what pdp did that crippled the country. Sincerely, in 2015, i thought APC came with a different tactics, but they came with the same thing pdp did. This means, we are doomed.

Any serious party that really wants the growth of Nigeria will first work on the constitution, to begin a process of division of Nigeria. Forget all these we dey do here.. We all think we can all destroy nigeria and escape to other countries that worked hard to fix theirs. sorry, a time will come when not even citizenship by birth would be accepted by many developed countries anymore.

A family invited my kid for dinner and the parents of the friend was surprised that we chew.

While growing up, if you swallow food, either my mum or granny would smack you for being greedy. I first thought it was a cultural thing until I later saw other people swallowing food. I was disgusted.

It might be too late to change. The reason we have teeth is to chew very well for easy digestion. It helps both small and large intestines. It prevents perforation along digestive tract.

To each his own. I have since learned to tolerate whichever one people chooses.

I have seen videos where people swallow big muscle of fufu etc. I still find it scary or uncomfortable. I will not sit near anyone that swallow food.

This is what we should be celebrating. Progress in our towns, country and Africa. Not foolish "gifted" in social media.

Bravery is no longer cherished. It is usually displayed as sacrifice by those fighting for others, greater good of many on principle.

Diya is not any of those, if anything, he sold his people to Abacha and deserved what he got back.

He was lucky to have outlived Abacha just like OBJ. Abacha served the law of Aiyelala and karma.

Diya is not example for children or youth.

But remember, the Great One, Nnamdi Azikiwe - he who fights and run, live to fight another day.

Metaphisical,

Thanks as always. That is how we find ways as Yoruba to appeal to elders even in view of imminent danger.

Baby 1234,

You do not use E YAGO or E Yago Jo for elders. It has to be better refined than that.

baby124:
You can tell an elder E Yago. E already connotes respect! Yago just means give way. So why can’t you tell an elder E Yago? If it was your mate of junior you will say Yago fun mi jare or jo.

They just want to humiliate this man. Now that two courts have spoken, I hope they resolve their differences at a higher court soon.

The problem with your dates is that archeological evidence date Iwo Eleru over 10,000 before Christ.

The name Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa may be far later.

Anyway, I see little difference between ethic groups of the rain forest. Many blind people are describing different parts of the same elephant.

Thanks for the clarification. It might be subtle as far as "Baptaka" is concerned but important.

It started as primary school in 1855.

femi4:
The missionaries did well in SW especially Lagos
Top 4 oldest school in Nigeria

1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos (1859) – CMS

2. Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos (1878) – Methodist

3. Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos (1879) – Methodist

4. Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos (1885) – Baptist – The primary school arm was established in 1855 but was not changed into secondary school

One has to be careful about vouching for any leader or politician even at the local level. In Nigeria, they call you a fool if you have the opportunity to and never stole.

Someone put it differently, he is mad as hell at looters because he never had the opportunity to steal his own share.

Nigeria laugh and make jokes out of you if you were head of state and never stole enough never to be broke again. So not only did we poke fun and jokes at OBJ for being broke, IBB tried to blackmail him and Abacha sent him to jail.

So when he had another opportunity and came back for second term, he stole us blind. This is what we now teach the new generation.

You should remember a young man, another youth as Speaker called Bankole. He used to expose looters every week. We later found out he was a youthful looter.

BTW, Buhari saying stolen funds was illegally taken out under Abacha did not clear Abacha of illegality and not the same as Abacha never stole. But I agree that he should have called a spade a spade. That was clever by half on his part but I do not think Abacha family was happy until the false interpretation that Abacha never stole. He did not say that.

Please let me know if I am wrong. AKO means excuse me or please.

I am not sure if you can even tell someone older than you - E YAGO.

There may be dialectical difference here.

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I got to love Okorocha when he established free education, meals for children and pocket money for them.

Of course, you do not expect this to be popular because something has to give, some people have to pay since nothing is free.

When they started calling him Okorohausa, I thought may be it was for his love for Hausa or consensus for Igbo to reach out to other Nigerians.

How can he be OkoroHausa when majority of Igbo are themselves OkoroAtiku? I must be missing something. But hey, what do I know?

Yoruba have joined this madness. Hausa/Fulani, what are you waiting for?

No matter how much you celebrate, no black will be respected anywhere in this world until an African village, town, city or county can achieve great height the whole world can be proud of.

Again, where are the economic and financial experts preaching and writing about how Structural Adjustment and Devaluation were going to propel Nigeria into manufacturing and exporting country?

Where are those condemning Buhari for refusing "sound" economic advice to devalue Naira?

Did you know Buhari refused Structural Adjustment and Babangida used it as excuse after he was overthrown and IBB implemented Structural Adjustment?

When you criticize someone blindly for no other reason than your own personal parochial interest, no matter what, you will always end up an abysmal failure.

Criticize Buhari in the right places such as Fulani mauraders, farm raiders and lopsided appointments so that reasonable people can vouch for your credibility instead of tribal mongering.

Nigerians, others launder £100bn dirty money in UK annually
By Sanya Adejokun with Agency Report On May 30, 2019

United Kingdom said on Wednesday it is especially focusing on stopping the importation of at least £100 billion dirty money into its economy from Nigeria, Russia, former USSR countries and Asia annually.

This is as British police disclosed they had used tough anti-graft powers for the second time to freeze three London properties believed to be linked to a person involved in serious crime.

National Crime Agency (NCA) disclosed obtained the Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO) at London’s High Court for three houses in prime locations in the British capital which had been bought for more than 80 million pounds and were held by offshore companies.

Nigeria is also relying on the Unexplained Wealth Order to energise its proposed Project Lighthouse, which will gather information from countries around the world on property owned by Nigerians for the purposes of determining tax liabilities.

No details of the properties or the person involved in the case could be made public, the NCA said.
While officers investigate the funds used to buy the three properties, freezing orders were granted which mean the houses cannot be sold, transferred or dissipated.

According to Reuters News Agency, in 2018, NCA used UWOs for the first time against Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of the jailed former chairman of Azerbaijan’s largest bank, to seize property and a golf course worth about 22 million pounds.

The anti-corruption powers were brought to force foreign officials suspected of corruption and their families to account for their wealth, in a bid to stem dirty money flowing through Britain.

“This is the second time the NCA has successfully secured UWOs since the new legislation was enacted,” said Andy Lewis, the force’s Head of Asset Denial.

“They are a powerful tool in being able to investigate illicit finance flowing into the UK and discourage it from happening in the first place.”

Police say about 100 billion pounds of dirty cash moves through or into Britain each year, buying everything from luxury London homes to whole companies.

They say they are focussed on cracking down in particular on suspect money from Russia, Nigeria, former Soviet states and Asia.

When a UWO is used the onus is on the owner to show that any asset worth more than 50,000 pounds was obtained legitimately.

“The purchase of prime property in London is a tactic used to launder money and we will use all the powers available to us to target those who try to do this,” said Graeme Biggar, Director General of the UK’s National Economic Crime Centre.

“Our aim is to prevent misuse of the UK’s financial structures which undermines the integrity of the UK’s economy and institutions.”

https://tribuneonlineng.com/215571/

Tunji Bello must now regret the shame he brought upon himself and his family that share in his rise to power as SSG of Lagos State.

By their words, utterances and disposition they reveal themselves.

Tinubu Amoda Ogunlere from Iragbiji, Osun State appoints every Ramonu and Jack in Lagos State including Ambode that Tunji Bello stabbed viciously.

Tinubu, Ambode and Tunji Bello deserve one another. Birds of the same feathers.

If Tunji Bello poured such poison on Ambode, he could pour worse on Tinubu when Tinubu time is up. Every dog has its day.

Imagine how they have changed the character of a whole State and the poison poured Lagosians.

No matter which side you dey, this guy got more than a mile for his money that invested in "virgin".

He has enough publicity for name recognitions to contest for Governor or for P.

Who knows

Naijaseeker,

I said it earlier, two reasonable people can agree to disagree. In order to move forward, let us think less about Ngozi who I was familiar with in Boston and Buhari who I hardly know but now labeled his defender, ouch!

Please we cannot escape responsibility by claiming certain period is not in our time. Nigeria has young population, it is our responsibilities to contribute the little we know, not only during our time but before and beyond.

Watch every economic analysis, it is from the point of view of foreign investors. How much they are bringing in for the country to grow, never how much they are taking out. Yet, in their cases it is about how foreigners are reaping them off.

Indeed, this is the basis for their current nationalism. Every African leader from Nkrumah, Nyerere's Ujamah to Lumumba that even tried to think like them have been struck down. Contrary to what some might think, I have nothing against foreign trained. Most of our Independence fighters were. And so were many of us.

This disagreement within us were deliberately created and it might go on for many years unless we start looking within for our economic salvation and not from foreigners or their vanities. If we have been crawling since our great Empires before Muslim and Barbarians destroyed us, we would be better off today.

I agree with you that man is created to look for his selfish interest first but how long is enough in the case of Africa being sucked to death and blamed at the same time for low IQ, as if I know what IQ is other than instant gratification.

Do you remember or read about Gold Standard? You sure remember a country named Gold Coast. Today America and Brittain just print papers and back them up with nothing or vanities. There are more $100.00 notes outside US than inside. Dare them as Gadhafi did, and tell me how they turned him and his country into rubles. They lost their paradise and replace it with the rule of law or human rights.

Did China depend on democracy, Muslim and Christian religions to become their new Financial and Nuclear threat today?

We have enough talented Nigerians to innovate, copy, steal intellectual properties and compete as Japan, Russia and China did.

But London School of Economics, Harvard, Toronto, McGill trained graduates that our youth worship and are daily looking up to will not let us.

Naijaseeker,

Well reasonable people can agree to disagree. But I agree that economy should not only be continuously well managed, it could be managed well if these foreign trained had our national interest at heart.

Yes, from Soludo to Sanusi to Iweala as OBJ Finance Zsar about depending less on forex and making sure the banks were solid.

I am even going to agree with you that Ngozi warned about disaster without savings and governors defied her or Jonathan was too weak.

However, the same lady that preached fiscal responsibility and advocated paying off Paris loan (which could have been better negotiated according to Prof. Soludo); championed borrowing under Jonathan because of "low interest rate".

Anyone familiar with banks tactics in foreign countries, knows they always get you hooked on teaser rates. If Ngozi had private experience, she could have been wiser in view of her previous caution with OBJ.

Well, everyone preached diverse economy well before Ngozi.

I am surprised though that you did not mention all the businesses making profits before Independence but not contributing a red cent to our forex. Beverage and chocolate companies, foreign and local businesses scrambling for foreign reserve with common man on the street and with school fees payers.

You know they also laundered money on top. We then attract foreigners with high interest rate while discouraging local businesses from borrowing at 20%.

As for good economy in Nigeria, the only time I remember was when pound was one to one and when naira was one and a half American dollars. Sorry, any other time is oblivious in my memory.

Lifestone:
Sincerely I couldn't get your point of view. Are you justifying the present crops of those managing our economy?

I am not sure if you even want to get my point. Nigeria is totally confused right now and anyone can justify their failure as success or success as failure. The only fact remains that the so called African international economists have let us down since structural adjustment, another name for devaluations.

We went from surplus and even went through a war without borrowing a kobo.

What changed? Wide open forex because big fat cats wanted to import. Some poor people support them I must say because they think there was a conspiracy to damage import market which was mainly used for used, new and charitable vanities brought into the market. All the money taken out never generated value in return.

Indeed, it generated unanticipated forex millionaires or billionaires in the North. The common man got crumbs out of their petty trade.

Read that report again, it tells you about how much foreign companies brought or did not bring in. Nothing about how much they are taking out. Actually, no economic report would tell you how much they are taking out of Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.

Unless you read Oxford Report or another one by headed by South Africa former President Mbeki: trillions leaked out! How could they bring millions or billions in and take trillions out and expect us to prosper?

Every politician, judges and yes our businessmen claim they are in profitable businesses. Ask any of them how much forex has anyone generated for Nigeria out of their profitable business since Independence. If anything they go to Central and local banks to raid foreign income generated by oil and other natural resources. What did South-south get back, even when their own son was in charge? More polluted environment where common fisher man could not and still cannot make a living.

Dangote promised to start generating forex soon and only soon. What about Adenuga, Innoson and Odetola? None of them could generate one American dollar or one British dollar into the Country?

As for the present Government, I am not their defender. All the government still employ these foreign experts to manage our economy. But give one credit to Buhari - he has asked over and over again for someone to show him one country that ever recovered from devaluation. His primordial instinct is right even if you disagree with him politically.

Jonathan has a PhD and his cabinet was full of those that could have showed us how to take a country into promised land. Actually, he might have been better off with Prof. Soludo than Ngozi Nweala that never had a single university or private sector experience and played opposite role during OBJ and Jonathan governments.

Hey, what do I know.

This is how they suck every living cell out of developing/emerging economy.

Get foreign judgments that wipe out the foreign reserve.

Servicing loans, debts, interest and penalties.

Oxford, London School of Economics and Harvard train economists will soon flood here telling Nigeria to pay and settle business dispute in favor of the suckers.

When OBJ paid off Paris Club odious loans, it was good for the Country. Nigeria was asked to borrow by the same advocate that paid of the loan claiming loan had cheap interest rate and good for credit rating.

Prof. Soludo had to put her in her place when she started believing her false assumptions. If OBJ and Jonathan knew better, she could not have been right in both cases - pay off or borrow again.

Sometimes you have to wonder who loves this Country except those poor men and women toiling day and night to trade in needed goods and materials, sell and buy while fat cats bundle their sweat equity out through forex.

[quote]SolexOlenin:
Sincerely, all what the Ndigbos has gathered for themselves (either as properties or their achievement world wide) today has only been acquired by them and by the help of God who has given them special wisdom ahead of any other tribes in Nigeria.

. It's a sign of the fact that they all it takes to rule the world, not just making a Biafra a reality.

I will always tell friends, give Igbos Biafra, after ten years they will be better than Nigeria by far, either with oil or without.../quote]

I think this should also be preached in Israel and Germany so that your motives should be clear to your sympathizers.

Did anyone see a loser using a whole cultural adage to justify beating the woman and the man knowing full well the man refused to pay her.

A sex worker has expenses like everyone else and probably other responsibilities whether you're against her choice of life or not.

If she is not your wife or girlfriend, pay her for the service you sought. Prostitution remain the oldest profession, regulate it like in the countries you worship so much.

Sounds so familiar in world history.

Where did I hear that before?

SolexOlenin:
Sincerely, all what the Ndigbos has gathered for themselves (either as properties or their achievement world wide) today has only been acquired by them and by the help of God who has given them special wisdom ahead of any other tribes in Nigeria. It's a sign of the fact that they all it takes to rule the world, not just making a Biafra a reality.

I will always tell friends, give Igbos Biafra, after ten years they will be better than Nigeria by far, either with oil or without...

He probably bleeped the heck out of her until he got fed up.

Now you know what women go through in the work place.

As the youngest person ever, he deserves praise and encouragement. He must be kept engaged because of his tender age with scholarships and internships.

I feel bad for African Americans when they say the first African American in the year 2000s.

BTW, a prodigy will excel anywhere. Some of them come out of our environmental dumps and overseas ghetto.

Azikiwe has his faults like anyone else but using Nsukka as one of them because you did not get a position is the height of selfishness that is pervasive in Nigeria today.

When I read attacks on Great Zik of Africa like from this petty guy, I shake my head. I have criticized Zik on different topic too but to criticize him out of personal loss of a position is another hit below the belt.

Others would praise Zik for putting Nsukka on the world map. If every politician sought little towns and villages for development instead of their own place of birth (as someone pointed out) Nigeria could have reached greater heights.

In the 80s Nigeria kicked out Ghanaians claiming they were prostitutes and members of armed robbers. Look at us today.

Nnamdi Azikiwe was the leader that cried out loud against Nigeria or any African country that would dare kick out the children of Nkrumah.

Respect Sir forever.

Apart from staging, do people know how many play lottery and how many win? Yet lottery players go through their whole life saying you got to play to win.

These pastors are worse, the more poverty there is the more poor people believe their day would come - pastors beg God to pick up their calls.

Contribute more tithes.

OtemAtum:
The person was hired. Ask that prophet to give you or someone you know the same kind of money, he won't. Everything can be staged in church.

Until Buhari starts locking up these bastards competing with looters. drug dealers and vagabonds in power, Nigeria will continue to produce the greatest number of poor people on earth.

Money that should be used to produce local factories or start local airlines, they export it to oyibo countries.

Who approved their forex?
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Selling Nigerian girls in Mali for less than the price of a cow at home hit me like a rock. I lost my composure for a while and could not concentrate on what I was doing.

Definitely, Agents of evils have badmouthed Nigeria beyond our daily complaints to improve the Country we love and wish for.

I then realized that there are Agents that gained from the despair of the weak, vulnerable and some greedy that give certain Agents money they could use to start business in Nigeria, to smuggle them out into promised land.

So while most of us complain, Agents are standing by projecting the sorry situations in their places of birth to the whole Country.

Think about it, the North is the poorest place in Nigeria and they are not hiring Agents to transport them to Mali, Libya or Saudi as organ donors or poo eaters.