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CelebritiesRe: #FreeBobrisky Trends On Twitter After His Arrest by Handsomecole(m): 1:54pm On Nov 08, 2017
His arrest is a welcome development left for me alone I would advice death sentence for all homosexuals . #DoNotFreeBoborisky
FashionRe: Nigerian Man Steps Out In Bum Shorts (Photo) by Handsomecole(m): 11:15am On Nov 08, 2017
Why do Southwesterners like being gay like this huh From Denrele, Boborisky down that UK idiot now this one again ??
PoliticsRe: Dr Ifeanyi Ubah Decamps To APGA, Endorses Obiano by Handsomecole(m): 6:54pm On Nov 04, 2017
APGA bu nke anyi grin grin grin this is the fraudulent statement that this useless village association party has been using to deceive us in Anambra.

We are tired of this brief case party that have refused to grow and expand embarassed and drunkard governor . We are going into mainstream politics and Tony Nwoye is our man.
PoliticsRe: Orumba North Stands Still For Tony Nwoye As Orji Kalu Strorms Anambra For Nwoye by Handsomecole(op): 6:24pm On Nov 03, 2017
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PoliticsRe: Orumba North Stands Still For Tony Nwoye As Orji Kalu Strorms Anambra For Nwoye by Handsomecole(op): 6:21pm On Nov 03, 2017
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PoliticsOrumba North Stands Still For Tony Nwoye As Orji Kalu Strorms Anambra For Nwoye by Handsomecole(op): 6:13pm On Nov 03, 2017
Orumba North stood still for Tony Nwoye as Orji Kalu storms Anambra for Nwoye's Governorship campaign. The people of Anambra have decided to connect to the national party.

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Politics2019: Kalu’s Poster For President On APC Platform Surfaces In Abuja by Handsomecole(op): 2:11pm On Nov 01, 2017
2019: Kalu’s Poster For President On APC Platform Surfaces In Abuja

By The Eagle Online On Nov 1, 2017
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Posters alleging that a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, is set for the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have surfaced in Abuja.
The posters were largely seen along the ever busy Airport Road.
They bore the inscription: “Vote Orji Kalu for President on the platform of the APC.”
However, Kalu has distanced himself from the posters.
He described them as fake campaign posters.
According to Kalu, who is also a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, the posters are the handiwork of political jobbers and speculators, who are afraid of his unstoppable political feat.‎
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by his Special Adviser, Kunle Oyewumi, Kalu insists that he is solidly behind the candidature of Buhari if he so desires to run in 2019, adding that the North should be allowed to complete its eight years before the Igbo will have “their rightful turn in 2023”.
Kalu said: “After a two-week business trip to China, to my surprise on my way from Nnamdi Azikwe International airport, Abuja this morning, I sighted the malicious posters in my name with the caption: ‘Kalu for President.’
“It is definitely the handiwork of some politicians who are either afraid of my political capacity or enemies of the present administration as I have continually maintained my support for Mr. President.
“The action of these jobless politicians is a ploy to damage the robust relationship I have with President Buhari and the top hierarchy of the APC.‎
“Such political blackmail is not only disheartening but unhealthy for Nigeria’s growing democracy.
“While I call on the unsuspecting public, especially members of the APC, to disregard the vicious posters, I am also reaffirming my unflinching and unaltered support for Mr. President.
“I will contest in 2019 by the grace of God but definitely not for President.”
The APC chieftain while appealing to the political class to play the game by the rules, called on the electorate to be wary of desperate politicians, adding that the collective interest of Nigerians is paramount and should be placed above selfish ambitions.

https://theeagleonline.com.ng/2019-kalus-poster-for-president-on-apc-platform-surfaces-in-abuja/

HealthRe: Paul Arduad, Congolese Gay Dies Of Cancer Of The Anus by Handsomecole(m): 10:40pm On Oct 29, 2017
The same way Boborisky, Denrele, Uti and there followers will also die too. Useless pple.
PoliticsI Paid The Price For Disagreeing With Obasanjo On Third Term – Kalu by Handsomecole(op): 11:09am On Oct 29, 2017
I Paid The Price For Disagreeing With Obasanjo On Third Term – Kalu

October 29, 2017

Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, Former Governor of Abia State.

Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in this interview monitored in Abuja, speaks on his business travails under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the challenges of doing business in Nigeria, the economic recession and the state of the nation. Enjoy excerpts :

You are a major player in the nation’s economy. What actually are your businesses?

We are into shipping, banking and insurance. We are also into trading, which is my traditional profession as an Igbere man, while our other businesses that were thriving during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo have been moved out of Nigeria. This happened when the licences of Hallmark Bank and Slok Airline were cancelled. We had to move them to the sub-region to join First International Bank, which had been there since 1997, when it was opened in The Gambia and is spread to other West African countries and the international insurance company.

We also have investments in some banks and insurance companies in Nigeria. We are into shipping and we are the largest shipper in sub-Saharan Africa and we also into transportation and oil drilling support. We also export cocoa, cashew nuts and other major cash crops. We are also into manufacturing with about 9,000 workers on the payroll, which makes us a fairly large group.

As a member of the ruling party and a very good friend of President Muhammadu Buhari, don’t you think that bringing back those businesses to Nigeria would be a plus to your party and yourself given the number of jobs involved?

The 9,000 workers I mentioned are all here in Nigeria and we could have been a larger group if Hallmark Bank was not closed and its license withdrawn. A bank with 5,000 workers and 33 branches and someone cancelled the license in one day for political reasons and that takes us to where we are now in Africa. Somebody cancelled the license of an airline with 14 aircraft in a day and nobody asked questions.

How do you convince people to come and invest in your country when a president can wake up and order the Central Bank and the Ministry of Aviation to cancel licenses without due process? I am in court with the Federal Government. So, I won’t dwell more on the issue because the whole process was totally flawed. There was no offence committed, just because we disagreed on third term and that was the price I paid. It was uncalled for to take such action without considering the many families that would be affected.

So, these are the major factors that discourage investors from having long term businesses in the country. When politicians quarrel in America, they quarrel as politicians, they don’t go about attacking each other’s businesses. They talk about politics face to face; they agree and disagree; they quarrel based on politics and they agree and disagree on issues. These are what our political leaders engaged in which is not fair at all. They should not channel their grievances to businesses which people make their living from.

What is the secret of your success in business?

I have been in business for over 30 years and you should note that I started very early and I have attained positions, which anybody can think of. I was the chairman of a regional bank, which was the largest bank in the late 80s – Cooperative and Commerce Bank. I was the youngest chairman of the bank. When essential commodities where being produced in Imo State, when Abia was yet to he created, I was the chairman of the board, which was also owned by the government and we were doing business with that Nigerian National Supply Company. So, I am well experienced as an entrepreneur as well as someone who used to import rice, sugar and other kinds of commodities.

People are no longer interested in working hard; they just want to make money hastily. Most people believe that you must make money by stealing when you are in government. Such is not true and it is not sustainable. One of the greatest challenges I have is having a lot of request from people who need help. This is one of the reasons why some people no longer answer their calls. Nigerians are forgetting about hardwork; some of them now believe in begging while some of these requests are purely out of greed. Even families that can feed well still want to beg. People should learn to make a living within what they earn and that is how a disciplined society functions.

I am not saying that there aren’t exceptional or extreme cases when one can help, but in cases where able bodied men and women are sending texts and asking for financial assistance is not a culture for people who want to move forward. Go to Togo, Benin, Guinea, Botswana and other small African countries, you will see people who are disciplined and they way they pursue agriculture. But here, the situation is different; everybody wants to live in Abuja or Lagos. This is absolutely not ideal. Governments at the various levels are also part of the problem. They have not been committed in making provision for small incentives for people who want to start small businesses like farming. They tell you Bank of Agriculture or Bank of Industry is doing this and that, but some of them are just for the show. Some of their interventions are not practically done.

What is the way forward?

Government has to change its attitude on how to empower the youth and how to provide seed funding because it is important. This is a huge economy that shouldn’t have business with hunger and poverty if properly handled. Most of our leaders do not understand the difference between a micro and macro economy. If you don’t understand the difference between the two, how are you also going to make decisions? That is why they are using fiscal policies to fight for things that are not necessary like prices of fuel, food and others. Leaders should not have any business fighting for what prices of commodities should be. That should be left for the market forces.

Leaders are supposed to monitor the regulators and compel them to do what is right. Government should introduce the best regulations which will make people work hard and earn money. There are still a lot of people in our economy who are on the lowest class. We want to see an economy in which we can raise about 250, 000 people from the very poor to the middle class every year because that is the only way we can sustain this economy. We can’t sustain it by going to talk shows. We can’t sustain the economy with government planning for things that are unrealistic and unimplementable.

We will sustain it through collaboration with the private sector. So, we need a total overhaul of our system; we need political and business overhaul; we also need a social overhaul. The system is collapsing. There is a lot of indiscipline in the society today. People have refused to obey the courts. People have refused to obey common laws. Even the traffic lights, they have refused to obey. For you to excel in business, you must be disciplined. Working for a governor or minister who is entitled to security vote is different from working for Orji Kalu, the entrepreneur.

As an entrepreneur, you work and earn money. But, as a governor, you have access to security vote from which you can give to people. This is why I am preaching that security votes should be removed from governance. Let’s just have a contingency fund to solve certain issues, so that people can focus on leadership and not sharing of money. Since people started getting free money, they left entrepreneurship. One of the problems I had when I was governor was that there were so many elite, and I was never aware that the military usually give them money from the government’s purse, but when I came to power, I had to put a stop to it as the money belongs to the people.

I am one of the very few former governors, who can give account of my office and I am not afraid of saying that I never touched a penny as governor. I spent the security vote when it was necessary because it was used for the police, army and Department of State Security (DSS). It was also used to insure policemen against loss of live or injury

Can we confidently say that Nigeria is out of recession?

No, we are not out of recession. We are not going to be fully out of recession until possibly the end of 2019.

Is that not discouraging?

In my opinion, we are not going to exit recession until towards the end of 2019. Getting out of recession means that growth will start again, industrial capacity will be equal to full capacity, the banking industry will start growing at full rate and businesses will start thriving and I do not see that coming until towards the middle of 2019. So, economists, either from the government or private sector telling you that we have exited recession is not true. However, I must say that we are gradually exiting recession as matter of fact and all Nigerians must commend the government for its effort because it is doing all it can through various interventions in the economy.

We keep thinking of the way out for businessmen, because there is hardly any businessman, even a farmer, who doesn’t need good roads, but presently there are no good roads across Nigeria…

(Cuts in) That is why I laugh when I see some of my brothers complaining. I have taken it upon myself most times to take long drive across part of Nigeria and what I have seen is decades of abandonment. But, it was not started by this government. I am not speaking because I am a member of the APC. I am a man who tells myself the truth. You know, the situation of the East-West road wasn’t caused by this government. You also know the situation of Enugu-Onitsha expressway and it wasn’t caused by this government. You know the situation of Enugu-Okigwe-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt expressway and it wasn’t caused by this government.

I know that some people have put the blame on President Buhari, saying that he has already spent two years. But, it is within this same two years that the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has started work to see that these roads are fixed. There is a portion on the Aba-Port Harcourt expressway that was impassable in the last two years. This made people going to port-Harcourt to pass through Owerri then Elele before they can get to Port Harcourt, but today, they can drive straight into Port Harcourt. So, it is a plus for the present government.

I am not saying that it is anybody’s fault. It is a result of collapse of national interest, culture and social behaviour. So, we need total re-orientation of our minds. We can do over a million types of restructuring, but if we don’t restructure our minds and attitude, nothing meaningful would be achieved. We need to start loving each other and shun hatred. I will also encourage the President to work with those who worked with him during the election. You can’t win an election and bring in most people who weren’t part of your victory. There are some leaders, who deserve to be asked to nominate ministers. Such ministers will be Buhari’s ministers and not Orji Kalu’s ministers.

How would you react to the move by the Federal Government to concession some major airports?

It is the right thing to do. Government should not have business doing what some persons are already doing. The Federal Government should not even have anything to do with the airports. It should hand them over to the states where they are. Even the local governments are supposed to own these airports.

Not the Federal Government?

Of course, if we are practising true federalism. In America, who do you think owns the John Kennedy Airport? It is owned by the New York City, not the New York State. We should be ready to practice federalism the way it should be practised. The Federal Government has a lot of tasks on its hands and it should go into business because such business will not move forward.

Let’s talk about food sufficiency in Nigeria. We still import essential food items as reported by Central Bank, National Bureau of Statistics and even the Agricultural Research Commission of Nigeria. Is this the best for the country?

It is because people are lazy. If we want to move forward with the rapid growth of our population, we must go the Chinese example in food sufficiency. The Chinese government realised 30 years ago that going into technology wasn’t going to sustain them. They found out that what would save them would be going back to produce food, process them and give to the people because when there is sufficient food for the people, they can go into high tech. So, my advice is for both the young and old to go back to farming.

http://independent.ng/paid-price-disagreeing-obasanjo-third-term-kalu/

CrimeRe: 16-Year-Old OAU Student Commits Suicide Over Poor Grades by Handsomecole(m): 10:59am On Oct 29, 2017
That's OAU for you. Their emphasis on book book and reading is too much. Na only God epp me graduate from that school infact there is no grade I didn't get from A-F. The only school that always least one person must run mad because of book every exam period. But it's not enough to kill oneself , I've seen people with 3-5 extra years on OAU but they are still happy. Anyways I hope God forgives her. We just néed open up and be closer to our friends cos u can't tell tell stupid thing they may be thinking.
CelebritiesRe: Juliet Ibrahim To Give Away Exquisite Pieces Of All The Collections She Has Worn by Handsomecole(m): 9:12am On Oct 29, 2017
she wants to give out Okrika to the less privileged grin grin grin
RomanceRe: Pre-Wedding Photos Of Young Nigerian Couple by Handsomecole(m): 4:49pm On Oct 28, 2017
Marriage Abuse! What are these teenagers doing with marriage ??
PoliticsRe: Governor Willie Obiano Running At Campaign Ground (Photo) by Handsomecole(m): 9:04pm On Oct 26, 2017
We are no longer interested in this village gathering called APGA a gathering that has refused to grow. We connecting Anambra to the national grid of Nigerian politics . Tony Nwoye all the way.

PoliticsSystem Overhaul, Key To Nigeria’s Development – Kalu by Handsomecole(op): 11:55am On Oct 26, 2017
System overhaul, key to Nigeria’s development – Kalu
October 26, 2017 • By Correspondents

Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, in this interview monitored in Abuja, speaks on the challenges of doing business in Nigeria, his business travails under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the economic recession and the state of the nation. Excerpts:


You are a major player in the nation’s economy, what are actually your businesses?

We are into shipping, banking and insurance. We are also in trading which is my traditional profession as an Igbere man, while our other businesses that were thriving during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo have been moved out of Nigeria. This happened when the licenses of Hallmark Bank and Slok Airline were cancelled. We had to move them to the sub region to join First International Bank which had been there since 1997, when it was opened in The Gambia and is spread to other West African countries and the international insurance company.

We also have investments in some banks and insurance companies in Nigeria. We are into shipping and we are the largest shipper in sub Saharan Africa and we also transportation and oil drilling support. We also export cocoa, cashew nuts and other major cash crops. We are also into manufacturing with about 9,000 workers on the payroll which makes us a fairly large group.


As a member of the ruling party and a very good friend of President Muhammadu Buhari, don’t you think that bringing back those businesses back to Nigeria would be a plus to your party and yourself given the number of jobs involved?

The nine thousand workers I mentioned are all here in Nigeria and we could have been a larger group if Hallmark bank was not closed and its license withdrawn. A bank with 5,000 workers and 33 branches and someone cancelled the license in one day for political reasons and that takes us to where we are now in Africa. Somebody cancelled the license of an airline with 14 aircraft in a day and nobody asked questions.

How do you convince people to come and invest in your country when a president can wake up and order the Central Bank and the Ministry of Aviation to cancel licenses without due process? I am in court with the Federal Government, so I won’t dwell more on the issue because the whole process was totally flawed. There was no offence committed, just because we disagreed on third term and that was the price I paid. It was uncalled for to take such action without considering the many families that would be affected.

So, these are the major factors that discourage investors from having long term businesses in the country. When politicians quarrel in America, they quarrel as politicians, they don’t go about attacking each other’s businesses. They talk about politics face to face; they agree and disagree; they quarrel based on politics and they agree and disagree on issues. These are what our political leaders engaged in which is not fair at all. They should not channel their grievances to businesses which people make their living from.


What is the secret of your success in business?

I have been in business for over 30 years and you should note that I started very early and I have attained positions, which anybody can think of. I was the chairman of a regional bank which was the largest bank in the late 80s – Cooperative and Commerce Bank. I was the youngest chairman of the bank. When essential commodities where being produced in Imo State, when Abia was yet to he created, I was the chairman of the board, which was also owned by the government and we were doing business with that Nigerian National Supply Company. So, I am well experienced as an entrepreneur as well as someone who used to import rice, sugar and other kinds of commodities.

People are no longer interested in working hard; they just want to make money hastily. Most people believe that you must make money by stealing when you are in government. Such is not true and it is not sustainable. One of the greatest challenges I have is having a lot of request from people who need help. This is one of the reasons why some people no longer answer their calls. Nigerians are forgetting about hardwork; some of them now believe in begging while some of these requests are purely out of greed. Even families that can feed well still want to beg. People should learn to make a living within what they earn and that is how a disciplined society functions.

I am not saying that there aren’t exceptional or extreme cases when one can help, but in cases where able bodied men and women are sending texts and asking for financial assistance is not a culture for people who want to move forward. Go to Togo, Benin, Guinea, Botswana and other small African countries, you will see people who are disciplined and they way they pursue agriculture. But here, the situation is different; everybody wants to live in Abuja or Lagos. This is absolutely not ideal. Governments at the various levels are also part of the problem. They have not been committed in making provision for small incentives for people who want to start small businesses like farming. They tell you Bank of Agriculture or Bank of Industry is doing this and that, but some of them are just for the show. Some of their interventions are not practically done.


What is the way forward?

Government has to change its attitude on how to empower the youth and how to provide seed funding because it is important. This is a huge economy that shouldn’t have business with hunger and poverty if properly handled. Most of our leaders do not understand the difference between a micro and macro economy. If you don’t understand the difference between the two, how are you also going to make decisions? That is why they are using fiscal policies to fight for things that are not necessary like prices of fuel, food and others. Leaders should not have any business fighting for what prices of commodities should be. That should be left for the market forces.

Leaders are supposed to monitor the regulators and compel them to do what is right. Government should introduce the best regulations which will make people work hard and earn money. There are still a lot of people in our economy who are on the lowest class. We want to see an economy in which we can raise about 250, 000 people from the very poor to the middle class every year because that is the only way we can sustain this economy. We can’t sustain it by going to talk shows. We can’t sustain the economy with government planning for things that are unrealistic and unimplementable.

We will sustain it through collaboration with the private sector. So, we need a total overhaul of our system; we need political and business overhaul; we also need a social overhaul. The system is collapsing, there is a lot of indiscipline in the society today, people have refused to obey the courts, people have refused to obey common laws, even the traffic lights, they have refused to obey. For you to excel in business, you must be disciplined. Working for a governor or minister who is entitled to security vote is different from working for Orji Kalu the entrepreneur.

As an entrepreneur, you work and earn money, but as a governor, you have access to security vote from which you can give to people. This is why I am preaching that security votes should be removed from governance. Let’s just have a contingency fund to solve certain issues, so that people can focus on leadership and not sharing of money. Since people started getting free money, they left entrepreneurship. One of the problems I had when I was governor was that there were so many elite, and I was never aware that the military usually give them money from the government’s purse, but when I came to power, I had to put a stop to it as the money belongs to the people.



I am one of the very few former governors, who can give account of my office and I am not afraid of saying that I never touched a penny as governor. I spent the security vote when it was necessary because it was used for the police, army and Department of State Security (DSS). It was also used to insure policemen against loss of live or injury.


Can we confidently say that Nigeria is out of recession?

No, we are not out of recession. We are not going to be fully out of recession until possibly the end of 2019.


Is that not discouraging?

In my opinion, we are not going to exit recession until towards the end of 2019. Getting out of recession means that growth will start again, industrial capacity will be equal to full capacity, the banking industry will start growing at full rate and businesses will start thriving and I do not see that coming until towards the middle of 2019. So, economists, either from the government or private sector telling you that we have exited recession is not true. However, I must say that we are gradually exiting recession as matter of fact and all Nigerians must commend the government for its effort because it is doing all it can through various interventions in the economy.


We keep thinking of the way out for businessmen, because there is hardly any businessman, even a farmer, who doesn’t need good roads, but presently there are no good roads across Nigeria…

That is why I laugh when I see some of my brothers complaining. I have taken it upon myself most times to take long drive across part of Nigeria and what I have seen is decades of abandonment. But it was not started by this government. I am not speaking because I am a member of the APC. I am a man who tells myself the truth. You know the situation of the East-West road and wasn’t caused by this government. You also know the situation of Enugu-Onitsha expressway and it wasn’t caused by this government. You know the situation of Enugu-Okigwe-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt expressway and it wasn’t caused by this government.

I know that some people have put the blame on President Buhari, saying that he has already spent two years, but it is within this same two years that the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has started work to see that these roads are fixed. There is a portion on the Aba-Port Harcourt expressway that was impassable in the last two years. This made people going to port-Harcourt to pass through Owerri then Elele before they can get to Port Harcourt, but today, they can drive straight into Port Harcourt. So, it is a plus for the present government.

I am not saying that it is anybody’s fault. It is a result of collapse of national interest, culture and social behaviour. So, we need total re-orientation of our minds. We can do over a million types of restructuring, but if we don’t restructure our minds and attitude, nothing meaningful would be achieved. We need to start loving each other and shun hatred. I will also encourage the President to work with those who worked with him during the election. You can’t win an election and bring in most people who weren’t part of your victory. There are some leaders, who deserve to be asked to nominate ministers. Such ministers will be Buhari’s ministers and not Orji Kalu’s ministers.


How would you react to the move by the Federal Government to concession some major airports?

It is the right thing to do. Government should not have business in doing what some persons are already doing. The Federal Government should not even have anything to do with the airports. It should hand them over to the states where they are. Even the local governments are supposed to own these airports.


Not the Federal Government?

Of course, if we are practicing true federalism. In America, who do you think owns the John Kennedy Airport? It is owned by the New York City, not the New York State. We should be ready to practice federalism the way it should be practiced. The Federal Government has a lot of tasks on its hands and it should go into business because such business will not move forward.


Let’s talk about food sufficiency in Nigeria. We still import essential food items as reported by Central Bank, National Bureau of Statistics and even the Agricultural Research Commission of Nigeria. Is this the best for the country?

It is because people are lazy. If we want to move forward with the rapid growth of our population, we must go the Chinese example in food sufficiency. The Chinese government realized 30 years ago that going into technology wasn’t going to sustain them. They found out that what would save them would be going back to produce food, process them and give to the people because when there is sufficient food for the people, they can go into high tech. So, my advice is for both the young and old to go back to farming.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/10/system-overhaul-key-nigerias-development-kalu/

PoliticsFormer Governor Of Abia State Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu Has A Message For IPOB by Handsomecole(op): 7:26am On Oct 26, 2017
Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu According to a Facebook post this morning which has attracted a lot of reactions seemed to have passed a subtle message to Biafra agitators.

CelebritiesRe: Toyin (Abraham) Aimakhu's Father Is Dead by Handsomecole(m): 8:07pm On Oct 22, 2017
so last last shaa u didn't give him grandchildren . RIP sir.
Music/RadioRe: Mr P "Cool It Down" Video Trending As No 1 On YouTube by Handsomecole(m): 9:06pm On Oct 21, 2017
off course useless songs are downloaded the most.
EducationRe: YABATECH Students Celebrate "ASDA Week" (Photos) by Handsomecole(m): 9:37am On Oct 21, 2017
well it's a polythecnic didn't expect anything less. Even OAU pretty degree campus can't engage in this nonsense...
PhonesRe: LIVE UPDATE: Itel Mobile 10 Years Anniversary And New Phone Launch by Handsomecole(m): 9:23am On Oct 21, 2017
grin grin grin grin take it easy nah plsss
HeyCorleone:
This very useless nonprogressive brand.. Who remembers those days when itel used to display Mtn as MNT?
CelebritiesRe: Da Grin's 30th Posthumous Birthday Is Today by Handsomecole(m): 8:48am On Oct 21, 2017
I remember I was teaching a secondary school that period he died. I can't forget how solemn the school was that day some of my students cudbt help but cry I did too. He is Nigerias best ever rapper. RIP dagrin.
RomanceWhich Of These Female Responses Do You Guys Hate The Most ? by Handsomecole(op): 12:21pm On Oct 19, 2017
Okay guys I know we have seen and heard lot from ladies both good and bad but these are the most common so which do you hate the most.



1: I can't find my period .

2: I love and really like you but I can't date you let's just be good friends .

3: I'm sorry I can no longer make it to your place .

RomanceRe: Lady In Bikini Takes Photos On The Road In Victoria Island Lagos, Causes Traffic by Handsomecole(m): 7:50pm On Oct 18, 2017
man will wear cloth woman will pull of cloth . Womanhood for sale...
RomanceRe: Beautiful Prewedding Pictures Of Dozie and Chioma by Handsomecole(m): 4:59pm On Oct 18, 2017
why do fine boys end up marrying ugly girls...
FashionRe: Girl Celebrates Her 6th Birthday In Gucci Style by Handsomecole(m): 9:30am On Oct 15, 2017
The next generation of slay mamas ehn!
PoliticsI Spent Two Hours,10 Minutes Talking To Nnamdi Kanu At Kuje Prison - Kalu by Handsomecole(op): 4:05am On Oct 13, 2017
I spent two hours,10 minutes talking to Nnamdi Kanu at Kuje Prisons -Kalu

— 13th October 2017
Former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu in an interview monitored on AIT yesterday, bared his mind on his conversation with the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, when he visited him in Kuje prison, the chances of APC in the forthcoming Anambra elections as well as other leadership issues in Nigeria.

Let me start this way, you said Biafra is not possible why did you say so?

Let me correct you I said there is no need for it now. Because dividing the country would be a mistake. What matters is for people to live under the rule of law, social justice, and under true federalism. I don’t think the clamour to separate the country is anything that would help anybody. What majority of Nigerians not only the Igbo people need is to obey the law. If a court in Abia gives an order that order must be obeyed if another court in Benin gives an order that order must be obeyed.

If I Orji Kalu drives against traffic light and I am caught I should be punished. What the country is looking for is one rule for everybody.

There is this Federal Government and IPOB face off, you are a member of the ruling party and you are an Igbo leader, do you see yourself brokering truce between them?

To correct you I am an Igbo man from Igbo land not an Igbo leader.

(Cuts in ) Really ?

Yes . We have been doing a lot to broker truce between them , we have done a lot underground , we have been talking to both parties that is why you can see some level of peace now in Abia and Onitsha axis where the IPOB have a stronghold .I believe all parties are interested in finding a common ground . The people that said that they want to separate are not very strong they are very weak. My only concern is that they are endangering the lives of a lot of Igbo because when they go to confront the military or when they are confronted by the military the goods been damaged are owned by Igbo and the people being killed are Igbo. I am a trader and I trade on cash crops and all the rest, so I know what I have suffered in the last nine months or there about due to this issue .

You were the first Igbo leader or Igbo man as you like to put it, if you get where I am going, to visit Nnamdi Kanu in prison?

(Cuts in ) Yes I was the first Nigerian man to visit him because it was the right thing to do. Because nobody wanted to see him, everybody was afraid to see him. They were scared to identify with him. As for me I am not afraid of death I am not afraid of anybody. He was remanded in prison by court of competent jurisdiction and a court of record. Even the UN charter recognises that anyone remanded in prison by an official court can be visited by anybody so I applied that wisdom to myself.

I want to guess that part of the things you would have told Kanu while in prison was to drop the idea of IPOB. Maybe you did not sound convincing enough.

No! I spent two hours 10 minutes with Nnamdi Kanu and I sounded very convincing, at some point he was here and there and then later on he said ‘we can’t drop this fight we have gone very far,’ and I reminded him that a good general is a general that fights and goes back to fight another day, while a worse one is the one that dies in the battle .

I not only visited him I went out of my way and to go as far as visiting his both parents. I talked to them I gave them reasons why they should not encourage him to continue in this manner but he (Kanu) refused. When he came out of prison he didn’t make any attempt to visit those who wished him well he went for those who wanted to play politics with him and that is where we are. They have been shouting Biafra nobody touched them, but because the issue went beyond where it was supposed to be, government had to respond.

People who wanted to use them to play politics were telling them that everything is possible and they got him into trouble. I have nothing against those clamouring that they want Biafra; in fact it is their constitutional right. I can never tell anybody not to agitate. But the question is; is it possible? Is it within the norms of our constitution? The constitution is very clear, there is nowhere in the constitution where we have provisions on how to divide the country. The constitution has chapters on how to unite the country, but nowhere can you find referendum or restructuring.

To me all these calls and the people making the calls could go back to the 2014 conference report . Since that conference was bipartisan and headed by a very good jurist, Justice Idris Kutugi , we should find a way of getting the recommendations implemented as a starting point and giving the South- East one more state, as was recommended.

There is this story that Kanu’s whereabouts is unknown can I quote you that he is in London, since you said so?

I didn’t say categorically that he was in London, go and read what I told The Punch newspaper. When I returned from the United States of America on the 14th of September and on the 15th I went straight to Abia because the thing was escalating then. I consulted some of them (IPOB) I consulted the security agencies, the army, the police, SSS and the rest of them and I tried to douse the tension.

I started looking for Kanu himself to talk to him. So somebody told me he went to a hotel and I sent people to the hotel and I called one of his relations who came to my house and I asked him where Kanu was, that I really want to talk to him. He said that I should not bother myself and I told The Punch all that transpired including the fact that I was not sure whether the fellow was telling me lies or truth. I said it and it’s in the paper. I didn’t say I discussed with Kanu and he told me he had left for London. His relation told me I should not bother about his safety because I told him that what matters to me is the safety of the man. I wanted to bring the man to my house in Igbere and make arrangements with the federal authorities and persuade them for us to find a common ground.

I never wanted the security agents to bundle him and rough handle him, I only wanted to bring him to my house and wade into the matter, which was what I did when he was in prison. I am suprised at the attitude of Kanu because he knew all the things we discussed; he neglected them because he wanted to play politics. Let me ask you; is it fair on the court that gave him bail? Is it fair on the federal government of Nigeria that the orders of court were being disobeyed? That order was not that of Justice Nyako at all, it was the law of Nigeria. These are things I reminded him that he must obey our laws.

In 2007 the same court gave me a condition to gain my freedom, it’s not a criminal case but I accepted those conditions and if I wanted to challenge those conditions I would move to an appellate court where justices of the court of appeal will look at and review the conditions.

So I will continue to blame our elders, our friends and my people who are saying his human rights have been tampered with, I disagree because the court is of competent jurisdiction that order was not that of Buhari, it was not that of chief of army staff, neither was it of the director of the SSS or anybody it was the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. So he could have mellowed down and obeyed that order and allow his members to continue carrying their flag rather than disobeying that order.

But when you set off to molest people on the road , people are afraid to say the truth I’m not afraid of death or a anybody you know me from my university days I’m still the same person, I don’t care what anybody says what matters most to me is justice being applied where it is supposed to be applied . If Kanu had gone ahead to obey that court order-he was asked not to appear in a public of more than10 persons and the 2nd in command would be the one carrying their Biafra flag nobody would touch him because he was not given any order by the court. If Kanu wanted to see people then they should come to his house and see him but what he did which you saw all over social media was mounting a Guard of Honour, insulting everybody, he insulted The Sun newspapers, he insulted the owner of Sun newspapers, he insulted me personally that some were writing against him and that they were been bought over by Hausa/Fulani people and Yoruba people. How can you run a republic when you are not in good terms with the Yoruba? You’re not in good terms with Hausa, the Ijaws and other tribes, so who will you be in good terms with? The issue is that he should purge himself of those needless biases and come to terms with the realities of today.



Is the South East truly marginalised?

Yes! The South- east is marginalised. I can tell you this. I am trained by Hausa/Fulani people, but I am not afraid of speaking the truth. Since the end of the civil war, the treatment meted on the south-east is different. The amenities given to people from the south-east are different. If anyone says anything contrary bring him on to this your programme and I will tell him why we are marginalised.

What can the present government do about this?

The present government should look at appointments; they should look at who gets what and balance it. It doesn’t sound good that you have service chiefs with none from the south-east. No matter who is the president, vice president or senate president and you should have at least one Igbo among the service chiefs. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

As a member of the APC, have you been making some moves to achieve what you just said?

Yes, of course I’ve been making various moves.

A school of thought suggests that you are already selling Igbo because you are in APC now?

What do you mean I don’t understand.

Any issue that comes up regarding the Igbo, your opinion usually aligns with that of the federal government.

It’s not true, I have never agreed with anybody. I speak what I know is the truth. Would any Igbo man with integrity like a court order to be disobeyed? Would you like the orders of a court to be flouted? Would you like that?

No I would not

When you refuse listen to a court of justice the only thing you should expect is chaos. I can never be bought by anybody, money cannot buy me. I was governor for eight years with Obasanjo as president; if I wanted to be bought over I could have been bought over to support the third term agenda. So my loyalty and everything lies solely to the Nigerian people. It’s not ethnic. Remember I was a students’ union president. I was voted by over 99 and half percent of Muslim students, they were not Igbo people. They saw the truth in me and that truth is what I am still holding on to till date. The cross I am carrying is the truth. I mean, sell who for what? What are they going to give me? Truth is, most of the Igbo leaders are afraid of speaking the truth. They cannot continue to keep quiet .Yes I believe we are marginalised I don’t hide it, but I also believe that we can build a better country.
http://sunnewsonline.com/i-spent-two-hours-10-minutes-talking-to-nnamdi-kanu-at-kuje-prisons-kalu/

CelebritiesRe: Moyo Lawal Attacked By Robbers In Lagos (Photos, Video) by Handsomecole(m): 11:28pm On Oct 11, 2017
grin grin >: I love nairaland can't stop laughing (
NairalandCS:
So ?
PoliticsRe: Governor Obiano Shows Off His Football Skills At Anambra Stadium (video) by Handsomecole(m): 3:33am On Oct 07, 2017
please remove OUK from that list....
PROPUNTER:
There is no difference between Ibiano , Rochas and Ouk , they can do anything for campaign....
PoliticsBiafra: Orji Kalu Warns IPOB Against ‘attacking’ Him Over Comment On Nnmadi Kanu by Handsomecole(op): 12:49pm On Oct 04, 2017
Biafra: Orji Kalu warns IPOB against ‘attacking’ him over comment on Nnmadi Kanu’s disappearance


Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has warned the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to be civil in their activities and stop misinterpreting every of his comment.

Kalu issued the warning while reacting to a statement credited to IPOB condemning his claim that Kanu escaped from Nigeria to London via Malasyia.




Following an alleged raid of Kanu’s residence in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on September 14, the IPOB leader has not been seen or heard from, a situation that led to the disclosure by the former governor.

Aggrieved by Kalu’s claim, IPOB and Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, described the former governor as a drowning man looking for relevance.

IPOB had also threatened to drag Kalu, alongside the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai before a court of competent jurisdiction over the disappearance of its leader.

Reacting to the mirage of attacks on his person, Kalu reminded the group of his efforts in aiding both Kanu and the group in the past.


In a statement he signed, Kalu, “I believe everyone has right priorities and knows what really matters.For instance, our Igbo brothers are safe in the North and our minds are settled over their property, and that’s what matters.

“Dancing to the beats of a popular drum isn’t top of my list. These boys hurling abuses and insults on everyone that stands against division are simply ignorant.I forgive them.”

“I had wished the IPOB were more civil to monitor their utterances, and not take up a duty of attacking my personality and leaving the issue I raised.

“I wonder how IPOB easily forgot their lines. They have had many of their detained members bailed through my intervention.


“Would it be appropriate for even somebody like Emma Powerful to heap unprintable insults and accusations on me? I bailed him out when he was detained.

“When Nnamdi was in prison, I was the first to visit him, opening doors for others to do same. I did that because he is my brother. Although he showed a lot of appreciations during the visit but he still maintained his ground on Biafra.


“For the sake of posterity, I have made my stand clear. In a restructured Nigeria, Igbo people would be better off. We got it wrong in 1967 and we need to get it right now, else we get it wrong again.”

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2017/10/03/biafra-orji-kalu-warns-ipob-attacking-comment-nnmadi-kanus-disappearance/amp/

PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Is In London, He Went Through Malaysia — Orji Kalu by Handsomecole(m): 8:17pm On Oct 01, 2017
Understanding Orji Uzor Kalu.

Understand Orji Uzor Kalu. He is saying Nnamdi Kanu is out of the country so the manhunt stops. Everyone knows he is not with the Fed Govt. The Fed Govt do not deny their prisoners, including Al Zakzaaki, Dasuki etc. Orji Uzor Kalu saying Nnamdi Kanu is in London puts pressure on the military to call of their search and and gives Kanu a fairer chance of escape.

Sometimes people should understand those with their interest at heart. None of those attacking Orji now went to prison to see Kanu or know how Kanu got the bail on health grounds after Kanu had been refused freedom after meeting bail conditions twice. Orji Uzor Kalu who left his way to help secure that political solution by staking his reputation and name again is using "smoke and mirrors" to let a man escape well and people are attacking him.

Orji Uzor Kalu is a bold motherfker!!! I saw him tackle Anenih under Obasanjo when political opponets like Bola Ige, Harri-something (that PH politician) etc where dropping down dead like flies. If you think Orji Uzor Kalu can be easily pocketed, you do not know the Enyimba.

Kalu is looking out for the best interest of his people, including Nnamdi Kanu himself. Rumours that Nnamdi Kanu has left the country is good for all sides. It lowers the heat and cools the polity. THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE IS NOT THE POPULAR AND OBVIOUS INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.

Sometimes some people need to just TRUST AND OBEY.

Nnamdi Kanu is in London. The army can leave the East in large numbers now. Life should return to normal. Everybody is happy.
PoliticsRe: Orji Uzor Kalu Buys & Eats Akara By The Roadside (Photos) by Handsomecole(m): 8:02pm On Oct 01, 2017
For those that know OUK this is the real him, the last time this an held any political office was ten years ago. During the glorious days of eyimblmba he usually rode in bus to the stadium . That's ouk for you. The real and of the peope.
Angelanest:
Former governor of Abia state and billionaire businessman, Dr. Orji Kalu was spotted early morning today buying and eating Bean cakes popularly known as 'Akara' on the road side with friends and colleagues in Abia state. The 57-year-old politician reportedly tipped the 'Akara' seller handsomely after patronizing her.

https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/10/former-governor-orji-kalu-spotted-eating-akara-roadside-photos.html
PoliticsRe: Orji Uzor Kalu Buys & Eats Akara By The Roadside (Photos) by Handsomecole(m): 7:59pm On Oct 01, 2017
Angelanest:
Former governor of Abia state and billionaire businessman, Dr. Orji Kalu was spotted early morning today buying and eating Bean cakes popularly known as 'Akara' on the road side with friends and colleagues in Abia state. The 57-year-old politician reportedly tipped the 'Akara' seller handsomely after patronizing her.

https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/10/former-governor-orji-kalu-spotted-eating-akara-roadside-photos.html
PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Is In London, He Went Through Malaysia — Orji Kalu by Handsomecole(m): 1:55pm On Oct 01, 2017
Just because you have the privilege of free data tall Rubbish . How did he ruin Abia state ?? till date the entire Umahia road network was built by hin, he never owed workers , the only sin you pple say he committed was brining TS orji as governor .
istandfortruth:
Orji uzor Kalu is amongst the governors that completely ruined Abia state. Why would any sane person listen to him? Nnamdi Kanu made several mistakes but it isn't for this thief to judge. Kalu simply wants to please the present administration as his means of finding away back to governance, he's got zero interest of Nigerians at heart - only self.

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