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kettykin:
please read about the abagan tragedy or abagana ambush, till today babangida and obasanjo are still nursing injuries sustained in uzuakoli and owerri

Lies.

kettykin:
if a 1967 ogbunigwe wiped out an entire division of the Nigerian army in Abagana then a 2019/2020 ogbunigwe will not only wipe out an entire army division but wipe out entire cities if well designed and implemeted , my only desire is that ipob is not rady , no real alliances and not
research and developement going on

There was no ogbunigwe that wiped out an entire division of anything. Not even an ants colony.
This is one thing I will never understand about Ibos. Why do you always need to project a certain image even when you have to lie to do it?

She brought it upon herself. The "troll" was right. She told the whole world how long it took to get her pregnant. No one asked her.

The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a platform of distinguished Nigerians committed to securing and protecting democracy in Nigeria, met at the weekend in Lagos "to rise and defend democracy in our dear country." Below is the statement issued at the end of the meeting attended by chieftains such as Dr. Amos Akingba, Chiefs Ayo Opadokun and Ayo Adebanjo and many others including the group's Chairman, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu:

The events in the Southeast and in particular, Abia State, which was invaded with a large contingent of the soldiers amount to an unconstitutional and gradual takeover of power by the military.

On Sunday September 10 2017, the Nigerian Armed Forces invaded Southeast Nigeria, and in particular Abia State with a large contingent of soldiers, armored tanks and other military paraphernalia. In Abia State, the soldiers' invaded communities, tortured civilian population, over-awed the constitutionally elected governor and civil institutions of the state, and declared the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organisation, in defiance of the judgment of the Federal High Court. All of these actions are unconstitutional and represent an illegal take-over of the functions of the National Assembly, the Abia State House of Assembly and the legal authorities.

The Army High Command has announced further that the "Operation Python Dance" will be a regular event and that another similar activity named "Operation Crocodile Smile" will be carried out in the South South and Southwest.

The actions of the Military, we restate are inconsistent with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and may be the beginning, if not checked, of the unwitting or witting subversion of democracy in Nigeria.

We therefore call for an urgent action by Nigerians to see to it that we put a stop to this gradual return to military rule. All lovers of democracy in Nigeria need to stand up and raise their voices against this retrogressive political development in our country.

NADECO has long affirmed that the way to restore justice, equity and fair play to our polity is to return to True Federalism. It is rather unfortunate that some political actors are trying to confuse Nigerians regarding the true meaning of federalism. This effort to misinform, especially by some political parties, is a dangerous play and deceitful ploy.

The 1959 and the 1963 Federal and Regional constitutions of Nigeria described essentially what True Federalism is. For emphasis may we remind us what true federalism means:

- Independent federating units come together to form a federation.

- These federating units cede some of their powers and responsibilities to the central government.

- The federating units provide the resources to run the services ceded to the central government.

- The federating units maintain their autonomy to run their affairs without let or hindrance, outside those services or responsibilities they have collectively transferred to a central government.

That is true federalism in short. But the problem with Nigeria, and what is causing all the agitations and instability, is that we have an inverted federation, which the military converted Nigeria to.

Here, it is now the Central Government (Federal) that is creating the federating units, they now collect all the resources and decide what to give to the federating units; they take all the powers and cede what they like to the so-called federating units. This is the problem.

All the cry for restructuring is simply to restore the Nigeria Federation to a proper federation. Why should this offend some people to the extent that they are now using every method including military incursion to prevent it?

Attention of all is here drawn to the undeniable fact that to date, No, repeat No, political leader in/of the so-called North has done as much as the Sardauna; no political leader in/of the so-called East has done more than Michael Okpara; and no political leader in and of the West (mid-West inclusive) has done as much or more than Chief Obafemi Awolowo. If any "political leader" has, let him or her rise and say so. Why was, why is that so? It is indisputably obvious that the structure (True Federalism) they were operating was a big, indeed the major foundational and contributory factor.

It is clear to us that unless Nigerians fully understand and address what is at stake, those who benefit from the continued instability of Nigeria will continue to create confusion and delay Nigeria from achieving its manifest destiny.

NADECO, a platform constructed by distinguished Nigerians, former Nigerian Public Office Holders, leaders of ethnic nationalities, civil society organisations, labour unions, professional and business leaders, youth and women among others is disturbed by the current seeming attempts by partisan political operators and others tending to confuse the Nigerian public and particularly our young people about the clear and unambiguous meaning of federalism, which universally represents a system of government whereby there is a distribution of power particularly between a central government and the constituent units wherever it is practised as opposed to centrist/unitary government.

Nigerian Independent Constitutional Arrangement was a Federal System in 1960. Federalism as a term had been more than sufficiently and critically explained and understood by peoples of Nigerians through the strategic advocacy of NADECO, its various affiliate bodies and activists in various fora since 1994.

The word "True" came into our national narratives partly as a result of the annulment of June 12, 1993 election that was won by Basorun MKO Abiola, and whereby the sectional politicians in military uniform led by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Sani Abacha got him, MKO arrested for claiming his just mandate, detained him, humiliated him, and eventually got him killed.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201709260377.html

Good morning to Ohaneze. When the people in NADECO started the restructuring chorus, Ohaneze was silent. Some even tried to color it a Yoruba agenda.

GenSpecifics:
Tinubu is a fraud, bastard, ex convict, drug addict , thief, thug and a ritualist

Ok, thanks for the info.

SOFTDRINK:
@ the bolded


Are you serious?

Cos if true, that's some really heartless move from Tinubu.

He is lying about Tinubu.

hisexcellency34:
I heard the man also destroyed containers of Bibles. Is it true

Did you ever ask how he did it? Abiola donated money to churches.

Rednaxelot:
The South Eastern part na mostly beer

While the south southern part na khaikhai

Both of them drink more than the rest of Nigeria combined. Shayo unleashed.

kingphilip:
Nobody is infallible

Trump is dumb. Prince of whales? Prince of whales ko, princess of barracuda ni.

By the way, Congratulations to Ujiri and the Raptors for their first ever championship title. Go Raptors.

Kahujadekadura:
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Mr man, go and read about dat event very well and stop talking trash here.
How do u knw dat Abiola won d election since u claim dat d result was not announced.
On what ground can u judge ur statistic since u claim no election result statistics exist.
If u claim dat Abiola won d election then there is a person who made it possible for Abiola and Nigerians to knw d actual winner. Stop be restricted to one sided history.

You are ranting. You are not making any logical point. There was an election and regardless of whether the results were released or not somebody won and that is why Abiola is being honored and not Tofa.
If you still disagree your headache.

babyfaceafrica:
this is what saraki has been reduced to?

If what he is saying is true about working with Ujiri to create basketball training facilities is Nigeria for the youths then this would have been more productive than his four years in the Senate.

Kahujadekadura:
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The way ppls derive joy rewriting history in order not to recognize another tribe effort still dey baffle me.
So if d result was not announced dat year, how come u guys concluded dat it was Abiola dat won d election.
Mr man, it pays u better to reset ur memory on dat history and stop disgracing urself for life

The result was not announced doesn't mean the result did not exist. What exactly is your point? You are the one who is disgracing yourself with a vacuous comment.
You can help your readers by telling them exactly how I re wrote anything.

Ochendo1:
God bless Goodluck Jonathan.
We will never forget you for this project.

Hehehehe.....sarcasm.

Vote for me and I will give you the second Niger bridge every four years.
If not for Buhari people will still be winning elections by promising second Niger bridge for the next 25 years.

Mk93:
if there is division then why should we celebrate? I am not saying the date is wrong but everything in Nigeria is now wrong. to celebrate something , there have to be acceptance which will never be possible especially now that the present administration is doing everything to fuel the hate .

If there's is a division how does that translate to democracy day being a Yoruba cultural celebration? Aren't you mixing unrelated things together?

KingOdart:
They are just in sifia pain

this was a thread of when they were making jest of Yoruba during Jonathan tenure

https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-marginalization-elders-met-jonathan/1

Karma is a bitch lol

This was a video of the stadium posted on U tube just 7 months ago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1f78xbKxF0

I remember quite very well all the Jonathan till 2099 crew. Another thing they like to say that they don't mention anymore is how we have no choice but to enjoy this one Nigeria.

Mk93:
you can say what ever you want but I am just telling the reality on ground. which democracy are we practicing ?never have we been divided like this since the war. what are we celebrating? the hate everywhere?

Is it the democracy that divided you?

KingOdart:
This was the video of the stadium posted on U tube just 7 months ago



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1f78xbKxF0

You are just in sifia pain

Don't mind them. The perpetually confused Jonathan was president when the stadium became abandoned just like everything else.

AllHailBiafra:
They should at least appreciate the uncommon courage of the Biafrans. Little did they know that the best way to get relief from oppressor is to challenge the oppressor eyeball to eyeball and damming the consequences.

Lol you people are very funny. When Ekweme was playing second fiddle to Shagari they were not oppressors then. When Azikiwe was playing second fiddle to Tafawa Balewa they were not oppressors then.
Now, there's a Yoruba vice president and all of a sudden Yorubas are subservient to Hausa/Fulani!.
You guys are hilarious.

Mk93:
June 12 is only a Yoruba cultural day and not accepted by all Nigerians . how do you expect other tribe leaders to celebrate cultural day?

A cultural day in which millions of Nigerians from all corners of the country came out and vote but the results were never announced.
I know you made this comment through your tribal tainted perspective just because the winner was not someone from your tribe.
I am happy the struggles from that event led to the present democracy we celebrate.
If you say it's a Yoruba cultural day, I take it as a compliment.

dazzlingd:
I wish they really attempt to outdo each other in achievements indeed

Unfortunately it's all about making sure your opponents did not achieve as much as you did no matter how mediocre your own achievements were.

Nigerian leaders and ordinary Nigerians obviously doesn't share the same goals and aspirations. To them it's always about intrigues and how to outdo each other.
While ordinary Nigerians are looking for jobs, good healthcare, security of lives and properties and roof over their heads.

pchukwudi:
By ignoring your faulty foundation you'd only end up experiencing a colossal and fatal collapse.

Pretending that your faulty foundation does not exist simply because you are craving to see a skyscraper on the land is not being visionary. It's lunacy.

Ever wondered which of your ancestors agreed to be called a Nigerian prior to Lugard's invention of 1914?

Ever wondered why your country HAD to go into civil war within the first 7 years of its independence?

Ever wondered why your country claim to be a federal system, and yet still operates a unitary system in the most dangerously diverse country on earth?

As I said, being ignorant of your faulty foundation does not give you a bliss or make you smart. It only makes your doomsday certain.

Who were the architects of this faulty foundation? Can you absolve the people who killed off political leaders of a country barely six years old? Can you absolve the people who bastardized a carefully negotiated constitution and turned into something unrecognizable?
It is amazing that the Ibos who were the prime actors in derailing the dreams of a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria are now the same people who are preaching hate and disunity all over the place.

19 year old okoro skull miner. Abi na skull harvester?

There's nothing new you want to say about Abiola that has not been said. Probably the most talked about Nigerian of all time.

IBB had a gun to his head literally. But the great Maradona took the wimpy way.

oz4real83:
There is a lot of information available to obasanjo that ordinary Nigerians don't know of that made him draw that conclusion. We all will be ashame and angry with most people we call ''heros'' in this country if we know much about them apart from what we know about them on newspapers,tv and radio.

Same goes for Obasanjo himself. What we all know is that Abiola won a free and fair presidential election and it was annulled. That is a great injustice, not only to Abiola but millions who voted in the election.

kingzizzy:
Is Kanu forcing anyone to come and see him?

Reason why nobody should give him a dime. If he wants to collect gate fees he should sing and dance too. Perhaps he can invite his wife too for pole dancing. People will pay to see them.

Ipob people are dumb. Is that how Mandela collected money from South Africans before they can see him?
Kanu is a consummate 419.

Robin hoodwink.

Psoul:
So winning a political election especially in a country like Nigeria is a yardstick to to determine who is a nice person.

Nawaaoo... Ppl dey reason ooo.

Giving an undeserved severance money to some folks is your own yardstick?
And how should we classify you if your paid thugs were involved in a robbery leading to the deaths of 35 innocent people?

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Africa is cursed, it serves them right.

Africa is not cursed. Human beings made Africa what it is.