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pocohantas:You forgot to add that she's Igbo |
Finfadei:Non. Ephesians 1:3 is all u need to know. God "hath" blessed us even before we were formed. U can only work to activate those blessings. Remember he that steals, let him steal not but should work. Remember, Jesus said ask "ANYTHING " in my name and the Father will do it(unconditional open cheque). He didn't say u can only be qualified to ask after paying tithe or offering or seed faith. Now tithe, offerings are given as an appreciation for God's faithfulness and blessings one's your life. It's wrong to think they would bring blessings. |
osusuallstars:Then you are a learner. As many elections that Ojukwu did contest, he lost in all of them. Let Cownu just try House of Assembly, u will know he doesn't have any crowd. |
Lloydfather:It's spelt "liar" not lier. Hatred has taken over your sense of education. If I ask now, u will say u are a graduate. Joe Igbokwe is a thousand times ahead of you. |
rainylad:So in your books, u are better positioned because you know where you come from? Or better say u are now fulfilled because u know where you come from and Joe Igbokwe isn't. |
rainylad:As u can find your way to your so called home town, how far? |
NetBizguy:His story has helped many to be self reliance, industrious and hard working. |
Angeleena:That means u didn't read the post or u lack understanding. |
GuyWise:That can only be because Mr Cownu doesn't even have a life talkless of history. |
Angeleena:Please encourage your Cownu to also write his own. |
Joe Igbokwe wrote NNAMDI KANU CALLED ME A HUNGRY SLAVE RESIDING IN LAGOS AND I HAVE FOUND THE NEED TO TELL MY STORY AGAIN FOR RECORD PURPOSES. I WANT NNAMDI TO TELL HIS OWN STORY TOO. PLEASE READ THIS: In 1971, after my primary school education, poverty drove me to Lagos to find something to do to help my poor mother and siblings. Civil War devastated my father’s thriving business in Onitsha and we all suffered from 1966 to 1970 when the war ended. With four wives and 34 children, my parents could not cope any more. My brothers and sisters dropped out of school to learn a trade. Because I was a little ‘sharp’ in school, my father encouraged me to finish primary school. It is needless here to recall how I and few of my siblings survived to finish our primary education. Consequently when my mates were taking Common Entrance Examination, I did not because there was no need to do so. No money, no three square meals a day, no good clothing, just nothing. My mother encouraged me to travel with friends to Lagos. We landed at Sawmill Ebute Metta where I worked as a sawdust carrier at seven Shilling, six Pence a day. My job was to pack sawdust from the Machines to the Lagoon from 7am to 5 pm daily. I did this for nearly two years and later I became a danfo conductor plying Idioro/Ajegunle axis. From there I joined my brother in a supermarket business at Ijesha Road, Surulere. I did this until I returned home during Christmas in December 1973. I came home to meet my friends I was beating academically in school trying to make me feel and look inferior. Again I also noticed while in Lagos that if I fail to go to school, I may end up doing menial jobs meant for illiterates till the end of age. I decided to go back to school to add values to my life. But where are the school fees? There was nothing. How I managed to get the first school fee to start and what happened thereafter will take a book to do the narrative. In 1979 I left Okongwu Memorial Grammar School Nnewi with Division One and was the school Head Boy. I taught in the same school as an Auxiliary Teacher from 1979 – 1980. In 1980 I got admission to read Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and graduated in 1985. I did my Youth Service in Ogun State and thereafter I returned to Lagos in 1986 to begin a journey to where I am today. I walked the streets of Lagos from 1986 – 1988 until the then military government headed by Gen Ibrahim Babangida set up the National Directorate of Employment, (NDE) to encourage graduates to start their own businesses. I got a loan of N27,500, using my NYSC discharge Certificate and my Degree Certificate as collateral at 9% interest rate. I set up a Restaurant Business in Western Avenue, Lagos and hit an instant success. While doing this business, I spread my nets also to the auto spare parts market in Lawanson, Surulere where my brother thrives as a very successful importer. I opened a shop there and got a boy to take charge of the business. From there, I entered into Auto dealership in Western Avenue Surulere. I paid back that loan in full and collected back my certificates. In 1995, I wrote my first book, Igbos: 25 Years After Biafra. I also established National Vision Newspapers in 1997. In 1999, I wrote my second book: Heroes of Democracy. In 2004 I co-authored 2007: The IBB Option with my good friend, Peter Claver Oparah. One thing led to another. I became an opinion molder, a public commentator, political analyst, writer and an advocate of the peoples’ cause. I bought my first car in 1990 and became a millionaire in 1995 after launching of my first book. In 2006, the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, made me the pioneer General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure & Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) and I was there for almost 10 years. I served Asiwaju’s government for the remainder of his days as Lagos Governor. I served His Excellency Governor Babatunde Fashola for 8years. In September 2015, His Excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode moved me to Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority Apapa as Chairman. I became the Publicity Secretary AC, ACN, and APC since late 2006 till date. By the grace of God I have been the Chairman of Conference of APC Publicity Secretaries (CAPS) in Nigeria since 2014. These positions and exploits have put me in the limelight in Lagos and Nigeria since the early 90s, and God has been kind to me. These offices have opened the doors of the rich and poor to me. They have opened the inner ways,byways, subways, expressways and highways to the corridors of power in Nigeria. I have been connected to the pace setters, policy makers, the movers and shakers of blue chip companies, newsmakers and the powers that be in Lagos. The magic of Lagos, the beauty of Lagos, the dynamics of Lagos, the glory of Lagos, the momentum of Lagos, the capacity, capability and the strength of Lagos touched me in no uncertain terms since 1986 (32years ago) till date…..and still counting. My sojourn in Lagos for 32 years has also opened my eyes as a historian as to what Lagos has done for my people from South East. Today as I write this Igbo do not have a quarter of what they have in Lagos in the South East in terms of investments. As I write this book, Igbo are the second most populous ethnic group in Lagos. Today, Igbo exert tremendous influence and capacity in Lagos and its success story. Few years back two prominent sons of Nnewi told me in confidence that they did not know they have been wasting their time in Nnewi until they came to Lagos. They said Lagos opened doors for limitless opportunities and endless possibilities. I have seen people come from other parts of Nigeria to hit gold mine in Lagos. I got married in 1990 and all my five kids are all Lagosians and so are millions of Igbo kids born in Lagos. They have lived most of their lives in Lagos, schooled in Lagos, worked in Lagos, made friends in Lagos and have keyed to the Lagos success story. They know any other place except Lagos. Lagos is their home. This is not limited to Igbo alone but all other ethnic groups and of course Yoruba from outside Lagos. Lagos is a melting pot, a mega city, a cosmopolitan beehive. Lagos controls the heartbeat of Nigeria, its wealth, its influence and its strategic socio-economic and political hub. Lagos changed my thinking and original thoughts, Lagos emboldened me, Lagos motivated me, Lagos challenged me and Lagos made me. I can say no less. This is the story of Lagos, my Lagos. It is still unraveling, not for me alone but millions of other Nigerians, to the glory of God."
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fuckerstard:Does APC have money to share? |
Nebuzaradan:U didn't add that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a yahoo yahoo boy. Next time don't make such costly omission |
FUNNYBONE1:Believe him, then u believe anything |
shullamite:Caption please not wailing |
rafhell:We said caption |
This picture mean so many things to so many people. Me thinks it's when he was told that Fayose n FFK said he was dead. Others may think otherwise. So feel free to add your own ooh make we follow de laugh de go
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Put her side by side GJ ur hero, she has commissioned something, what did GJ commission in 6 years? |
ecoeco:Do you know when she started? Couldn't she have started small? You are wrong impression your self |
ikorodureporta:Good observation but it's Siting Not citing |
vickifeanyi47:Yeah, I found out. So what are your other sources of feeds? We can talk on whatsap, 08037890322. Thanks |
money4god:Am in Uyo..its PKC |
MhissIfe:Please would like a private conversation on how to reduce feeds cost. Am using purely wheat n kernel sludge. Both #5500. Thanks |
samtextop:Please if you finally confirmed the link, let me know so I can join. Thanks |
ops:Please what are the informed choices of feeds apart from wheat n kernel cake? Wheat now is #3500 n kernel #2000 in my area. Thanks |
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos, reportedly bought for $37.5m in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.https://www.google.com.ng/amp/punchng.com/breaking-court-orders-interim-forfeiture-of-diezanis-assets/amp/
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday directed a jocular remark at the Comptroller-General of Customs Service, Hameed Ali, saying the latter could be allowed to appear before the Senate for official engagement in casualwear, if he was able to end smuggling.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/237203-hameed-ali-ends-smuggling-can-appear-senate-jeans-shirt-saraki.html
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Biafra wickedness to Biafra |
TwoBottles:When pains n difficulty takes over, nothing seems good to you. You would have been the light of your own family but you chose hard drugs and twobottles of kaikai. Now u want to put your frustration on anything good. You will die in your hate. |
divinecode101:This is the best comment so far! Everyone seem to have forgotten that part of his lies. |
DLuciano:Now you wish you were also kidnapped. Bad bele |
The Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, at the Senate plenary on Tuesday rallied his colleagues to save him from being recalled by his constituents. The appeal comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission unveiled a timetable and modalities for the exercise at his Kogi West Senatorial District. The senator restated his claim that his recall was masterminded by his state governor, Yahaya Bello. The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, assured Mr. Melaye of the upper chamber’s support, proclaiming the recall process “dead on arrival.” Mr. Ekweremadu said the Constitution made recall a cumbersome process, and, as such, would be difficult for Mr. Melaye’s opponents to succeed. “The Senate would also verify the legitimacy of the votes before a conclusion is made,” Mr. Ekweremadu said; although the deputy senate president’s claim is not stated in the constitutional requirement for recall. Signatures for Mr. Melaye’s recall were collected at his constituency in an exercise that began on June 10. Campaigners said 188,588 signatures were submitted to INEC, which is more than 52 per cent of about 260,000 voters in the constituency. On June 22, INEC notified Mr. Melaye of the recall process. His lawyers responded with a lawsuit the next day, asking the electoral body to stay all actions relating to the exercise. INEC, however, said it would proceed with the recall process since there was no court injunction stopping it. Source: THE PREMIUM TIMES |
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) ......and the govt aint talking abt this trend