Onitsha has always been a beautiful city from those days, even without the modern buildings. Those blocks of buildings can be found anywhere in the world. The are not indication of civilization, the people are.

Onitsha is where you find the tolerant people in those days. They were liberal and accommodating. Indeed, so much so other Igbo do not see them as real Igbo.

In the days when high school children go on excursions all over Nigeria, Onitsha was a definite stop. Mind you we lodged in high school boarding houses throughout Nigeria.

I missed those days.

Until we realize we are all merely players, all the world a stage. No position is permanent.

Politically, I would have preferred Aisha as a lady who is conversant with women and Youths issues.

But how did she get to become Deputy so young with less experience? She reminds me of Sanusi who became an economist from a degree in Islamic Studies from Egypt, pushed through the banking sector in preparation for higher position.

If she was so close to Emiefele and they worked closely together, I will not be surprised if she is arrested also like her boss.

You certainly need fiscal and banking policies in that job, not just one or the other.

There is no looter, drug peddler, rogues like the three Presidential candidates Nigerians cannot defend.

Your pockets go set your brain right. Instead of the poor paying so that a few people people can remain rich.

Lower demand will bring down petrol and gas prices.

I am beginning to suspect that some of us are so obsessed with hate, we may have unlearn our African culture to build goodwill in the village to raise a child and foster good Youths behavior.

We are now projecting hate on one another. Elders encouraging hate should be ashamed of their children.

Rostikol,

As usual, very impressive work on your part to educate many lost sheep into Islam, Christianity and slavery.

The vestiges of indoctrination and slavery have not left us. It is so bad, we took History out of schools to be filled with the work of those who justify slavery.

It should be noted though that we find these beauties from Sudan to old Zimbabwe. Despite today suzerainty, we are one people with more in common. If Nigerians deny one another but hang on to Egypt or Israel that came into existence after them, what should we expect of those further away?

Moreover, I sometimes wonder about how much Art and Archeology we have lost to rain and moisture. If some of the Arts stolen had remained in such weather, we may not have preserved them.

Even the ones returned are re-looted for foreign money that has replaced some oblongata medulla

The song Rich Until I Die exemplifies the mentality of our country.

When everyone worships money, some will do anything for money. This is what we see today and leads us into immoral society willing to throw even our dearest under the bus.

We all need money to live and survive but Nigerians want money they can spend
stupendously even if they take food and shelter away from the gullible.

There is no guarantee that anyone will be rich until he dies unless he uses his brain to manage the money well.

So how can we blame our Youths for copying our politicians's ways to riches?

There are three types of defense mechanisms;

1. Produced by white blood cells to fight diseases

2. Hormones production for stay, fight or flight against enemies

3. Generally to cope with psychological assaults

Each for survival

Many people need private cars to get to work and make a living.

Cars are not needed on certain ROADS. It has become status symbol while there are no adequate roads. It takes too much time to get from one location to another.

Cars have become "gifted" for every occasion clinging up the roads for needed and essential transactions.

The suffering as a result of cheap fuel must be reduced and the savings directed to better and designated roads for business and essential services.

But then, what happened to the money saved from Paris Club payment?

Nigeria was owned by British corporate conglomerate. It was passed down to Mafia conglomerate selected from the three main ethnic groups.

Dangote/Dantata, Otedola, Ibeto and a few others were the major beneficiaries of all our foreign income. Jonathan that was expected to change that since he came from the major oil producing states joined them with his cabinet members.

Now that Dangote can generate his own foreign income as he has promised, others will take his place in sharing the foreign income.

We need a change of indoctrination that everything foreign is it or a revolution to change the status quo. But remember, we had a revolution once that was ethnic(tized). The rest is history.

Foreigners rush to Africa, Nigeria in particular while we FLEE to make a fraction overseas. Who is ready to dare the Lions of Nigeria?

This incessant self destructive behavior started with Maitamashine Boko Haram and now Igbo are killing one another into compliance.

Might be the Yoruba learned from Kiriji civil wars.

Those decent enough see the self destructive behavoir of African men as an extension of Slavery that kept us in the Dark for over 500 years.

So white idols rapped in the name of Saint is the only way to heaven.

Not only do you worship them as saints, the named you countries Saint Sugarcane Plantations.

simplesearch:


So you think Idol worship is home to Africa?

What is going to save us from these un-African religions?

There is no way we can create enough states to the satisfaction of each ethnic group.

The best we can do is go back to three Regions in the North and three in the South.

Until we finally break up into whatever.

What is surprising is that people that are much older from the old world are claiming to be descendants of people from the new world.

They ignore all scientific research and turned them upside down to satisfy their inferiority complex of Me Too!

Buhari used Idiagbon to fool most including moi as anti-corruption crusader.

Come to find out that he is even worse as a terrorist.

Sorry, I thought I replied a reasonable man about the hypocrisy of the western world teaching Africans about morals and ethics.

We need to be selective on who we discuss moral and ethical issues with on social media.

Ednut,

How did the marriage go? When you discard morals, Achebe taught us "Things Fall Apart".

How did the "First In Africa" that attracted Africans and the face of abject poverty in Asia turn to the face of poverty in Africa?

If you want to kill face your money launderers and stop killing one another like Mumu.

ednut1:
ooni of ife’s former wife was married to a deputy governor in the north lol. According to this article she was married twice before ooni.
To your topic they beat us to submission with superior weapons like cannon, gun boats, guns, machine guns etc. today they have supersonic jets, atomic bombs, while we in Nigeria cannot manufacture common toothpicks and buy guns and jets from them . The ones they used in the 70s and 80s

Edut,

You forgot the impunity of US Supreme Court on Robert and Thomas kickbacks?

frankadrian:
Omo. You get mind call Oyibo barbarians. Lol. The day you set foot for Oyibo land, you go understand why that your Oba dey send him children go school for there. Just dey there dey debate who be divorcee and who get moral value pass.

I know they don't teach you history in school again. If you do not know where you are coming from, you do not know where you are going.

Find out who called today arrogant Northern Europeans Barbarians.

You ever heard that all that shine is not gold? So I cannot blame you and today's Youths fascination with their land.

They killed your skills, talents, gold, milk and honey to develop their land after Olofofo like Mansa Kanka Musa and Oueen of Sheba attracted them.

Today, they have accomplices called Omo Akotileta laundering Trillions! They buy you, land and resources with Printed pretty papers called dollars, Europe and now Chinese money that are not backed by YOUR GOLD.

If you want to spend them, you must do so in their markets.

These are what you call "The day you set foot for Oyibo land". Read more from David Davidson, since you do not believe your own African historians, the peace and civilization he found in Africa markets where a child could buy without being cheated.

Better still, read about German explorer that thought he found the the Lost Civilization of Atlantis in Ife.

I cannot blame you suffering in the midst of milk and wara.

Each time you look, African morals and pedigree far exceed those of Europeans and Americans.

The console of King Charles, Camila, divorced with two children becomes a Queen of King Charles in England.

The United States Chief Justice Robert and Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are involved in kickbacks. Yet, Chief Justice Robert strongly defend the Court not subjected to Check and Balance on ethics.

Africans, how did these Barbarians fool you for centuries?

Even babies do not spit out honey, they suck it in.

Thank you sir,

A country known as fantastically corrupt internationally actually think that Chima Adichie, Abike Dabiri or anybody's letter to the USA or UK pleading for known crooks would make a difference in the dustbin.

There are Nigerians in Asia and Saudi Arabia waiting on death penalties. Adichie, Dabiri ko Buhari ni, should please for them.

We lost any sense of embarrassment. Who pleaded for Ibori and Alamsco welcomed home by big crowds?

sonature1:
Nigerian government officials are pleading for mercy for a judgement that's already concluded. If this incident happened in Nigeria, Ekweremadu would not be in jail for more than 24 hours. Nigeria is just too unserious to be considered a country.

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/320346/tinubu-must-renounce-greed-to-get-nigeria-out-of-abject-pove.html

People pursue money for different reasons. Making enough money to keep your body and soul is the first and only step for some of us. Many go beyond this to satisfy their hedonic pleasures. These could be expensive and sometimes dangerous. The pleasure one gets from sexy friends that money can buy is different from the one people get from love the rich cannot buy or the euphoria of psychedelic substances. Though we all know that there are drugs that are expensive, yet toxic and deadly.

The power gained from making money becomes a propensity to control others by ruling many for no other reasons than to bend to their whims and caprices. Acquisition of women, land and weapons to acquire more become a vicious circle. Any obstacle is set for destruction. The worst part is making more and more money out of greed as in Boesky and Michael Milken of Walls Street. It gets to the stage that not making money just for the heck of it, becomes boring. There are no specific needs but to make money like someone addicted to gambling.

Power derived from the ability to buy your way through whatever you want can be intoxicating as consuming excessive or exotic food, not necessarily for good life because they become detrimental to your health. But for a conspicuous and ostentatious show, daring others that cannot. This is what leads to oppression, violence and wars to retain the overbearing dominance of others, territories and hostile takeover of companies that can compete with you.

Take the case of Gas Flaring that Tinubu must guide against. Nigeria had objectives and goals set by both civilian and military governments. They promulgated laws and regulations ignored by International Oil companies that had the technical abilities. After kickbacks and bribes to those enacting laws and regulations, International companies simply could not make enough profit to implement and stop Gas Flaring. We do not expect those they paid kickbacks to, to punish or force them to implement the operation without profit margin. Or the case of Virgin Airlines that packed up and left when the demands for kickback overtook profit margin.

The law makers and regulators preferred to seek the service of Pa & Sons Company that had neither expertise nor equipment to convert Gas Flaring to useful Natural Gas. But the Pa & Sons Company was willing to give maximum kickbacks that the International Oil companies could not afford. Yet, Pa & Sons Companies intended to subcontract the deal from Nigeria law makers and regulators to the same International Oil companies.

Seriously, Tinubu knows that an average Nigerian is smart enough to understand what was going on. The problem is if that average Nigerian had the opportunity to be the lawyer, lawmaker and regulator to defraud their country, they would without any conscience. Fortunately or unfortunately, it is not every Nigerian that has an equal opportunity to represent the Nigerian Government.

We then wondered how a Pa & Sons Co. like P&ID could conspire with Nigerian lawyers representing the Government in Court of Law and get billions of dollars in judgment against their own country, Nigeria! Tinubu was a Senator, a Governor, Party leader leveraged one position after another before he became President-elect. It takes money and desperation not only to survive in those environments and discard opponents but to get to his desired position.

What Tinubu does with the Presidency at the peak of his career is left to be seen. It is one suspected notion that an average citizen would steal if he can get away with it but another that a man that has accumulated more money than a god would change toward a long life for peace of mind. It is a privileged position to represent the Nigerian Government as a politician or one of the cronies. You have to be lucky to come from nowhere and make it. Without money you cannot afford anything but can use terror to gain recognition.

TINUBU MUST RENOUNCE GREED TO GET NIGERIA OUT OF ABJECT POVERTY

This writer has never been a supporter of Tinubu but accepted that he won more votes in the North and South, fair and square. Regardless of our past reservations about his character, born out by the people of Lagos, his adopted state and Osun, his home state. Tinubu can still join world philanthropists that gave most, if not all their money away, after making it through some vile and dubious means. Tinubu would then restore Nigeria’s glory, taking Africa along.

Nobel Peace Prize donated by Nobel, like other capitalist venturers made their money from the spoil of wars, slavery and back breaking serfs or child labor. When we get to a certain height and age, we realize that no matter how much we make in riches, we cannot take a farthing with us. Though we might have been reckless and even enjoyed the havoc our reckless adventures had caused while making us very rich, at some point we must finally bow to the call of death.

We all get to a point in life where we come to make peace with our Being or Chi that "all the world's a stage and men and women merely players". This is not about getting into hell or heaven but leaving the world a better place than we met it and raising millions of people out of abject poverty. Indeed, it is not about the only shining beautiful house on top of the hill but how civilized and comfortable people around the hill and us are.

What matters is how our legacy is remembered by the generations to come. The "glories of our blood and state" cannot give us the quality of spirit in health or sustain us forever. Whatever the age of Tinubu, the most supporting comforts left for the rest of our life are a room with a comfortable bed and toilet in order to sleep well. The others are secondary. Even good food and wine must be limited if we do not want to choke to death out of avarice.

Therefore, whatever the Pharaohs thought about themselves, how much gold and slaves were buried with them, they became a feast for ants and the inquisition by explorers and bounty hunters. It is very disappointing that all their dreams of afterlife became the spoil of wars or the means of living for gold diggers, skull miners and mere robbers willing to navigate the stench of hundred years. Even if the children of Tinubu are put in control of his humongous wealth, Nigerians will not play dead and allow them to have a peace of mind.

The Military leaders that had the Bar Beach Show with firing squad and jailed Fela Kuti for foreign currency violation yesterday, are the money launderers and robbers of today. As long as African countries, even the poorest ones like war torn Sudan remain money making destinations for those willing to hold their breath until they make enough to live abroad, it will be difficult to convince the Youths to wallow in poverty where they cannot make a decent living. If we ask ourselves the reasons for these, they are obvious. It is not every Youth that is so desperate to get rich that would take to any crime: terror, white collar, soft or hard crime.

Source:https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/320346/tinubu-must-renounce-greed-to-get-nigeria-out-of-abject-pove.html

Which country in its right sense would create more states and local governments for every location it cannot manage with mushroom politicians that consume so much income, there is little left for development?

Yet we are still calling for more states so that every household can produce politicians while schools, hospitals and industrial estates are crowded out of existence.

Entrepreneurship becomes crime adventures because gains from crimes come faster than investment of time and money

The best or everlasting friendship you can have with a woman, is one without sex.

Una go flogi dis usurpers of Yoruba Culture die. I beggi naow.

You can fool some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

These fake Bini internet warriors have no connection to their Royal House whatever. Their only aim is to snatch Yoruba Culture at the top.

But eh, they are not the only one. They all want to be associated with the best Culture in the world.

When Yoruba wannabes cannot get facts to prove their fake imagination, they attack each other, one another and it becomes Ogiso king of the sky v. Edo.

No matter how you try, Yoruba culture and gods are still worshipped by your Royal House. They still bear Yoruba names and their linqu franca remain Yoruba dialect from the Yoruba language.

You guys are fun to watch as you dance naked in the market.

I love this. There is now a fight between Edo and Ogiso, Bini ruler of the sky 😂😀

Ogiso were collaborators with Yoruba and British.

Abeg, this is now comical. Laff wan kill me.

Christistruth03,

I had said it many times that it is a waste of time arguing with these usurpers of Yoruba glories.

But that was the mistake we made in the past when Pro. Ade Ajayi ignored them despite Prof. Peter Ekeh, an Urhobo dismantling their bogus claims.

It was a Yoruba Oba of Bini who felt disrespected in classification among his brothers at Ife meeting that gave live to their adsorbed claims. He even labeled the foremost Edo historian as having Yoruba mother, a lie!

If they were looking for Ekhalehan or whatever, they know where he was at Ugoton but would not dare face his protectors there. Ife was where they placed him. Imagine a Yoruba Oba of Bini trying to disparage a full Edo historian with Yoruba mother!

The guy you are arguing with never believed accurate history can come out of Africa. He is so ignorant, he does not know who taught the Europeans how to read and write or where alphabet or pictorial writings started. So anything not told or written by Europeans does not exist.

The same Europeans that whitewashed African history, paint Egypt white and Mesopotamia the sole creation of whites before 15 Century classification into colors to divide serfs, workers and freed slaves.

But for the laborious and selfless re-discovery of Anta Diop and many others, these Bini or Edo usurpers would be glad being fed in Exhibition cages all over Europe and Americas.

Thanks for taking the time to educate us.

Christistruth03:



In other words your own Ancestors from whom you descended didn’t exist in the 12th Century because there were no written records to prove or confirm their existence

Therefore according to you they didn’t exist

Do you now see why I didn’t want to waste time arguing with you

Ethnic rivalry is tearing us apart, so much that we cannot even accept African achievement as genuine enough unless it is accepted by Europeans that destroyed the same civilization in the first place.

The self hate and inferiority complex is deep. The same way some of us think it is Afrocentric to expose Sudan Rule in Egypt.