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It does not matter how much she grieved or missed him.

It takes a few days, months and years to set in. Even if the relationship was better than most, she can never replace the father of her baby. She will cry, eh!

iukpe:
Yes we don't know what she is telling the daughter. Yes she doesn't look grieved to me talk less of someone being there to take the photo for social media. But she is free to handle her self and her matters the best way she can.
However, that is not an obituary picture nor is it on a laptop.
But I wonder who quickly in just a few days of the crash created 'that' image with his last post.
Again, just for social media at such a time.

Feel sorry for Agbaje. Igbo support messed up his chances.

Someone said if you want to lose ask for Igbo support and if you want to win, pay Igbo to support your opponent in the North and West.

Very sad. Igbo were highly respected in the West. Time to rebuild.

This is painful.

Kept hoping it was not him. It could be any of us, anytime or anywhere.

Hard to console his wife and children. Too young to die.

Rosie Douglas a civil right activist in Canada in the 70s with Ann Cools became your Prime Minister after he was expelled for computer riot provoked by a racist white professor.

I have heard this comparison many times.

Look, there is no country more tribalistic than USA. Jews, Irish, Italians, Polish etc, not to mention tribal politics live together in certain neighborhoods all over US.

Note that when they talk about that freedom of movement or "only in the USA", it does not include you, African American, Native Indians and people of color many of those are disproportionately locked up in their correctional system, more so than any other country in the world.

Stop it. Igbo are more accepted in Western Nigeria than anywhere in the world. Igbo mend your bridges and appeal to your hosts. Yes, I mean HOST.

linkin8k:
It breaks my heart the way politicians and certain individuals have turned this Lagos election into a thing of tribe.

Look at someone like Hillary Clinton. Born in Chicago, married to an Arkansas native and yet a won senate seat in New York.

A nation that can not overcome ethnic barriers will never develop. We are Nigerians , but those interested in getting into political office and/or helping their benefactors getting into said offices will stop at nothing to continue dividing us along ethnic lines. We are foolishly blinded to this and go on insulting each other.

One love.

As much as many decent Yoruba especially Lagosians cannot stand Tinubu as a leader they prefer him and his choice of governor to Igbo supported candidates.

You are on point and so right because Igbo children have become toxic. Believe me, these are not the Igbo we grew up with.

I felt sad when someone commented that be now understand why Igbo are treated badly in the North or South Africa.

Remember that the barbaric killings of Igbo in the North affected all Southerners, even some from Northcentral. It affected all Nigerians in South Africa.

Right now only palace coup can remove Tinubu in Lagos, the same way Tinubu betrayed Pa Dawudo.

Those celebrating Tinubu should be careful.

Rotimi47:
If you want to trash your opponents in an election in the South West or the North, no need to campaign just pay those people to support your opponents and victory is surely yours.

Just for clarification:

The lineage of Oba of Lagos came from a mixture of Yoruba and Bini woman that married Alagba, a man from Elesha. Actually those Bini claimed Yoruba lineage that conquered and overthrew the Ogiso in Igodomido or whatever before it was baptized as Bini. They and all Bini still bear their baptized Yoruba name till tomorrow.

Oba of Lagos was given a piece of land at Isaleko. When Kosoko and others went beyond their power and signed treaty with the British handing the land to them. Tijani Oluwa challenged their treaty to the highest Court in England and he won with his lawyer Herbert MaCauley, the same one that mentored Zik and made Zik leader of NCNC. The power of the land was returned to the rightful owners, the Idejo Chiefs.

Ikoyi, that was turned into GRA by Federal eminent domain law has finally been returned to Onikoyi, the land owners.

It is ironic that Igbo are fighting for Bini, Yoruba rebels as owners of Lagos when Bini Yoruba lay claim to Onitsha as verified by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. So either way Yoruba own Bini and Onitsha. Even Igbo call Onitsha people as Yoruba/Igbo. Go find out if you do not know.

The only advantage Tinubu has right now is the support of Igbo for Agbaje.

Nobody should be proud of Tinubu as a leader, that is why other Yoruba states are rejecting him. The disrespect, fear and effrontery display by Igbo work very well into Tinubu hands.

Yoruba has never been short of capable leaders, Tinubu fear them. Take Fashola, Banire, late Funsho Williams, Finnih, Mamora and many others. Tinubu tried to kill their careers out of fear.

He even worked against the Yoruba Lady Speaker to be, with the cooperation of Igbo. So those who claim Tinubu has Yoruba at heart are fooling themselves. Tinubu would drive a hot shaft through his mother's ass to get his loot.

Why are you posting pictures of Christian half naked Igbo ladies for us if you are not a love-vendor abi market don dry at Arab countries for una that hate Muslims so much?

LastSurvivor11:
You still don't have sense, I said richest tribe in Nigeria not richest people, why can't you ask Google simple thing rather than exposing ignorance

Who would ever imagine the insults Igbo throw around against their hosts would finally be this rewarded.

In the first place Tinubu's wife is not Yoruba but assimilated very well as one.

There are more Hausa/Fulani in Lagos than Igbo, yet they are not so loud.

Then a naive or uninformed ingrate claimed Lagos was developed in the 70 & 80s. What?

Another one wants Lagos otherwise Biafra! My oh my, if you're serious, you would never have stepped out of Biafra in the first place. Go home and fight for Biafra, not in Lagos. Are you disoriented?

The fact that they are so obsessed with Bini, Ile-Ibinu and Benin which they have no glue what it means until it was explained to them by the son on their conqueror, beats the joke out of any reasonable person.

They cling to it like a curse or honor fervently. The same way African American cling to their English, French or Portuguese names.

DonCandido:
benin was the name called southern eastern western Nigeria then only north was different


THIS IS PATENT FALSEHOOD.

BENIN WAS NEVER AT ANY TIME THE CAPITAL OF ANY KNOWN CITY.
THE NAME "BENIN" WAS THE CORRUPTION BY THE PORTUGUESE OF NAME OF A SUB ETHNIC GROUP WEST OF RIVER ETHIOPE. IT ALSO DOUBLES AS THE NAME THE TOWN -JUST LIKE THE SPARTANS (A SUB GREEK PEOPLE) WHO LIVE IN SPARTA. NO MORE, NO LESS.

THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE TOWN WAS IGODOMIGODO WHEN IT WAS JUST A CHIEFDOM. IT BECAME "UBINI" OR "IBINU" WHEN IT ADOPTED AN URBAN STRUCTURE WITH THE IMPOSITION OF THE PREVALENT URBANIZED STYLE OF ADMINISTRATION IN CIRCA 13TH CENTURY MOST PROBABLY BY THE YORUBAS WITH WHOM THEY SHARE HISTORY AND CULTURE FROM CIRCA 13TH CENTURY.

THE NAME "EDO" WAS ADOPTED LATER TO INCORPORATE THE DIFFERENT PEOPLES OF OUTLYING DISTRICTS WHO ARE DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUPS ENTIRELY. BENIN WAS ABLE TO BRING THESE PEOPLE UNDER ITS SUZERAINTY BY FORCE OF ARMS OR ACCULTURATION OVER ALONG PERIOD.

the ocean that flows below Nigeria[/i]

THERE IS NO OCEAN FLOWING "BELOW" NIGERIA.

NIGERIA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GULF OF GUINEA. THE GULF OF GUINEA ENCOMPASSES MOST OF WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THE GULF WAS A NATURAL PHENOMENON FORMED BY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. INSIDE A GULF YOU WILL FIND SEVERAL BIGHTS OR BAY.


then was called bight or bale of Benin meaning under Benin, the ocean was named to the country it lies on[i]

THIS IS ALSO ARRANT NONSENSE, YOUR PROBLEM IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A "BIGHT" OR "BAY" REALLY IS.

IN YOUR BIGOTED MIND, YOU SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT THE NAME OF THE PLACE AFTER WHICH A BIGHT IS NAME MEANS THE NAME CONNOTES PRIMACY OR POLITICAL INFLUENCE OR HEGEMONY OR IN YOUR WORDS "AN EMPIRE" OVER THE AREA IN QUESTION. THIS IS LAUGHABLE. IT EXPOSES YOUR LEVEL OF IGNORANCE IF ANYTHING.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BIGHT OF BENIN IS NOT CO-TERMINUS WITH BENIN KINGDOM OR EMPIRE.


A "BIGHT" OR "BAY" IS ACTUALLY A CURVE, ANGLE, CORNER OR BEND IN A SHALLOW COASTLINE FROM WHICH AN OCEAN GOING VESSEL COULD EASILY SAIL OUT ON A SINGLE TACK IN A SQUARE RIGGED VESSEL NOTWITHSTANDING THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND. SAILOR USUALLY IDENTIFY THESE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE BY GIVING A PLACE NAME CLOSEST TO IT IN THEIR NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS TO ENABLE THEM LOCATE THE PLACE EASILY WHEN THEY RETURN THERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS THEM TO AVOID SHIP WRECKS.

BECAUSE A BIGHT IS CORNER OR A BED, THE LAND-FORM OF A BIGHT ACTS AS A BULWARK AGAINST TRADE-WINDS WHICH MIGHT PREVENT A SHIP AT ANCHOR FROM WEIGHING ANCHOR.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS COASTLINES IN WEST AFRICA WITH THIS MARITIME FEATURE WHILE 2 (AT BENIN AND PRESENT DAY BONNY BUT WRONGLY NAMED BIAFRA AFTER A TRIBE IN PRESENT DAY CAMEROUN) ARE IN NIGERIA.

OF A FACT, BENIN TERRITORY DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A COASTLINE, IT WAS LAND LOCKED WHEN THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED. THE BROUHAHA WAS THAT IT WAS THE FIRST RAIN FOREST KINGDOM TO BE DISCOVERED WHICH APPEARED URBANIZED AND HAS A STRUCTURED POLITICAL SYSTEM HEADED BY A SEMI-DIVINE KING.

HERE ARE OTHER BIGHTS WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A KINGDOM OR EMPIRE BUT NAMED BY EXPLORERS
1. GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
2. NEW YORK BIGHT
3. ROBSON BIGHT
4.HELIGOLAND BIGHT
5. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT
6. TRINITY BIGHT
7. SOUTH AND NORTH SARANAKI BIGHTS
8. MCKENZIE BIGHT ETC.

TO NAME THE POINT CLEARER, AS EXPLAINED ABOVE, A BIGHT IS SMALLER THAN A GULF. MANY BIGHTS CAN BE FOUND IN A GULF.
THE BIGHT OF BENIN IS ONE OF THE BIGHTS WITHIN THE GULF OF GUINEA BUT THERE IS NO ANCIENT EMPIRE CALLED "GUINEA"

Rule number one, any girl below 18 na self made wahala.

But some of them don drive madam comot for house o

As much as I enjoyed Igbo relationship in Lagos, no true son of Lagos with any sense of history will give you the opportunity Zik abused in Lagos and Ibadan.

Even crying that Awolowo was a tribalist for seeing and predicting the opportunistic Igbo children today.

The reference to Afonja accepting the help of Fulani to overthrow unpopular Oba is apt.

Like Fulani, Igbo would demand Agbaje's head if he wins and tried to curb their excess demands. They would not tolerate their demands in their land.

I cannot stand Tinubu but Igbo are so audacious, they are worse. Unfortunately, that is what a rogue like Tinubu has going for him.

You have to pity Nigeria. No choice but between many evils.

Amumaigwe:
Who are the outsiders? Anybody living in Lagos and contributing to it's GDP is a Lagos insider. The fact that Yorubas still control the politics of Lagos is just because they are majority in the states adjoining Lagos and happened to go into politics earlier than other ethnic groups making up Lagos. But that is about to change for good.

Tinubu - O te go .

Igbo always celebrating before they accomplish anything.

They did in Jos and ruined the chances of Ekwueme as Presidential candidate.

They celebrated Buhari/Okadigbo ticket.

They celebrated Jonathan after his votes from all over Nigeria as if it was only their votes.

They celebrated Saraki and Ekeremadu acrobabic katakata to seize power until Saraki dissolved.

They celebrated Atiku/Obi

Now let me show them. Be careful before you fall on your face again. This is how to capture LAGOS but they have to get in line.

- If it is not the Bini a Yoruba protectorate, under Oranmiyan and Eweka reversing ownership, it is Dahomey Women Warriors claiming or extending their kinship as Yoruba to their neighboring Yoruba.

It is now the turn of the Igbo. Let me help them with their spurious claims.

Jaja Opobo defied and stopped the British as middle men traders in Southern Nigeria and traded directly with European. Just like the Ijebu did for centuries with Arabs and Europeans.

So, Igbo through Jaja of Opobo and Ijebu ruled the Southern Nigeria? ������

If it is not the Bini, a Yoruba protectorate under Oranmiyan and Eweka reversing ownership, it is Dahomey Women Warriors claiming or extending their kinship as Yoruba to their neighboring Yoruba.

It is now the turn of the Igbo. Let me help them with their spurious claims.

Jaja Opobo defied and stopped the British as middle men traders in Southern Nigeria and traded directly with European. Just like the Ijebu did for centuries with Arabs and Europeans.

So, Igbo through Jaja of Opobo and Ijebu ruled the Southern Nigeria? ���

Tinubu Warns Lagos NURTW Leaders wink wink wink

PLEASE, khaki no be leather o.

Upbringing matters a lot. But I wish Linda well.

Daboomb:
Dont ASK..... and you shall be told NO LIE.

Going by number of visitors, Seun should be the richest man in Africa, if ordinary Linda dey form champagne !

okwabayi:
If that is true then more grease to her elbows.
A menial job at an early age guarantees even more success in this country than literary certificates.
These jobs look hard and degrading but they build solid work ethic.

Apart from discouraging child labor, there is nothing wrong with combining manual and mental labor.

That is how many started businesses from school with academic skill to manage.

Good move.

This may be the break Agbaje needs.

Is it lack of intelligence, intuition or illiteracy?

Apparently, some people cannot simple statistics.

How can YORUBA be immigrants on their land of origin?

How many Hausa in Sokoto or Igbo in Aguleri were immigrants on their own land before 1800?

A beg make una use una brain small.

Better still if the total non-Yoruba we're 20%, who were the 80%?

zurich1010:
See documents on ethnic migration to Lagos. Igbos moved to Lagos before Yoruba. Yorubas came to Lagos in 1931 when igbos and other Nigerians already developed it

I think I saw some ancient writings on the walls. Has anyone been able to translate the writing?

Some of the Igbo on this thread actually made some good points.

But it is out of self interest. Until you make Igbo land attractive to others including Igbo and neighbors around you, your good points are self serving.

You need to curb and overcome your chest beaters insulting their hosts in the West. They made the marginal acceptance of a rogue and drug dealer like Tinubu possible.

No Omoluabi house teach or want their children to aspire to become Tinubu. But Yoruba fight fire with fire. If it takes Tinubu, so be it.

Igbo made Tinubu. The more you hate him, the more they excuse his fault. Igbo are more toxic to Yoruba than Tinubu.

You guys can say what you want.

The invitation is in the bank.

Igbo will never leave Lagos or the West. West is their life line.

Every one or at least most see Lagos as their America or Europe.

Even if Nigeria separated, driven and dumped on the other side of the Niger, they would crawl back. This is why they make sure their children are Yoruba by marriage.

All the Igbo running out of the North relocate to the West.

How many of them marry Yoruba, relocate to the East or stay there after marrying Yoruba for insurance?

Their mouths have turned them into Osu in Nigeria.

If Agbaje does not win, you can blame his party and those beating their chests claiming and fooling themselves that they have votes in Lagos

Chei! I just love my Igbo brothers and sisters

Southeast Group Congratulates Buhari, Ask APC To Zone Senate Presidency to Igboland

written by Our Reporter February 28, 2019

A socio-political group known as South East Youths and Elders Forum has
congratulated the President-elect, President Muhammadu Buhari on his
victory at the polls last weekend.

In a statement released to newsmen by the group’s Director of Media and
Publicity, Mazi Edwin Ikechukwu in Enugu, the group said President
Muhammadu Buhari deserve the victory considering the massive
infrastructural developments witnessed by the zone in the past three and
half years of his presidency.

In similar vein, the group also congratulated the ruling All Progressives
Congress for maintaining a clear lead among senators who will make up the
9th National Assembly.

However, the group urge the party to zone the post of the Senate President
to Southeast geo-political zone since the President and his vice came from
the north and south west regions.

The group also noted that since the party maintained it’s early zoning
arrangements which zoned the presidency to the north, the vice presidency
to the south west and senate presidency to the Southeast before the party
could not produce any senator from the region in 2015 Presidential and
National Assembly elections, the party should therefore make a categorical
statement reaffirming it’s commitment to the zoning of the senate
presidency to the Southeast region since the party now has two APC
Senators from the zone.

The statement further condemned the harassment of Igbos living in Lagos
State, saying political leaders from the state should come out openly to
condemn the undemocratic acts of domestic terrorism against the Igbos.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/news/southeast-group-congratulates-buhari-ask-apc-to-zone-senate-presidency-to-igboland/

AskProf:
He lived well into the 80s if not 90s.

I stand corrected.

Please provide proof that Kiliwe lived in the 90s or after the War.

That could be great that he survived the war because he was in the Biafran Army.

abbey621:
If I were you I would just keep quiet! Reagan was a politician before becoming president. He was successful in some aspect but woeful in others, you can lookup Reaganomics. You watched the election but did you see the exit polls? Educated men and women voted overwhelmingly for Clinton. She actually secured more votes than Trump and if the U.S used the Nigerian system of voting, Clinton would be president so your analysis is faulty.

Thanks for educating these ignoramus that called themselves Americans just because they passed through or stayed there briefly thinking they know the system there

I taya for them no be small o.

nextstep:
Funny... I thought Trump was voted for by xenophobe white Americans who feared about immigrants, losing business to China, and were angry about the Black man in power the previous 8 years, and would be dammed if they voted in a woman with more experience in government.

Please pity the guy nah. Do you know if he is texting from his village town hall claiming to be in America as his home where they shiit on every one except their privileged selves.

martineverest:
I hate when u help the poor and then announce it on social media

Agreed.

Still better than those "gifted" ostentatious display on social media to torture the poor.

In the 80s?

Kiliwe died during the War.

A very good entertainer with his God given power. Children loved him.