₦airaland Forum

If Obodo is slow, then Mikel is inert!

cap28:
my question was NOT whether there was a GENETIC reason for our underdevelopment but whetehr there is a white conspiracy (which may be covert) against our development.  to say that we as a race are still in the stage of tribalism,serfdom and feudalism is to disregard all that we acheived before our evolving civilsation was interrupted by slavery, colonialism and now neo colonialism.

There is always a conspiracy against any people in the world. The competitive nature of the world ensures that. People are always fighting for resources, and a people who are still in the embryonic stages of development will be exploited by a united aggressor. Africa of now is in the same stage of social development as Europe was uptill the 12th century or so, with different tribes jostling with each other. As long as we are divided, we will be exploited by a united competitor. Same applies to how the Romans conquered all the fractious tribes around them. I dont think theres a conspiracy against us specifically, but it translates as a disadvantage in our competition with other peoples on the world stage. And yes, we are still in an age of Tribalism, Serfdom and Feudalism.

Anyone who thinks Blacks are the most disadvantaged group in the world should consider the plight of Native Indians in the Americas. Those people are almost finished. Excluded out of all systems of Government/media, and in some cases such as North America, they have almost been made extinct.

I dont think we need to be investigating if there is any genetic reason why blacks are underdeveloped. We are just at a different stage in our civilisation. In other words, we are still in the stage of tribalism, feudalism and serfdom which the Europeans went through before the likes of Oliver Cromwell and French revolutionists shaped what we have now in Europe.

Ben20001:
My Father never sleeps. He's always there for those who trust and beleive in HIM.
He has done it again and will continue to do it.
May His name forever be exalted.

Ben20001:
If you have the spirit of God in you, you'll be able to know the Truth. You'll have the power to discern. That is the function of the HOLY Spirit.

There is truth in dat piece.

You deceived yourself and corralled the Holy Spirit into your deception.

99% of the time when Christians say the Holy Spirit told them something, they are practising an exercise in self-deception.

Now that the story has been proven to be false, who do you have to blame for blaspheming the Holy Spirit?

It is for reasons like this that I find most religious types to be lacking in grey matter. Not that I am not religious myself, but some people lose all logical faculties whenever religion is mentioned.

As the league moderator, I have decided that I do not like some people in this league. And I have the power to kick some teams out the league if I wish. If your name is in this list, then you may be facing the chop:


1 Davidylan FC davidylan FC 181
2 GatewayFC Ademola Adebajo 165
3 Oduduwa Boyz FC Dean Akinola 160
4 tommyex tonbra tee 159
5 smirnoff united dozie igweze 151
6 BigGeez goke olasiyan 145

What do we need another left winger for? Especially one who can only play left-wing and nowhere else. Malouda and Zhirkov are ten times better than Di Maria. I would not bother with this rumour.

Im not sure about handing power to boys without any proper training. All these extra-judicial measures just signify collapse of society.

I remember that 2 young boys were killed by Bakassi boys just for smoking weed.

Eventually, when the scheme is discontinued, these Bakassi Boys will turn into criminals themselves.

We cannot have Judge, Jury and Executioner roaming our streets in the name of law and order.

Na wahala be dat o!

BREAKING NEWS:


[size=14pt]Statement from MEND Militants FC Press Office[/size]


It is with great regret that we announce the abrupt resignation of manager Tamuno Ibime. Tamuno Ibime felt that due to his affiliation with Chelsea FC, it was too much of a moral quandary having to support Messrs Gerrard and Torres and actually wishing Liverpool well in tonights game against Aston Villa. As a result of this conflict of interest, Tamuno Ibime has resigned his position and been replaced by Ibime Tamuno.

Unlike Tamuno Ibime, Ibime Tamuno has no affiliation with any Premier League club and has no problem wishing well on any players that belong to MEND Militants FC.

We hope that this new appointment will herald a new era of greatness at MEND Militants FC and we ask all fans to show patience at this sudden change of course.


Wariboko Mpakaboari
MEND Militants FC Press Officer

@ all fans of Ibime Utd,

Due to the clubs drive to recruit fans from the far-east, we have had to undergo a rebranding exercise.

Henceforth, Ibime Utd will take to the field as MEND Militants FC.

We believe that the new name gives us strong leverage in reaching out to fans in the far-East, as well as fans in the South-South region of Nigeria.

For data protection purposes, the proprietor of the team has been changed from the previous manager to Tamuno Ibime.

We hope that this change in name and ownership portends an upward trend in our league position.

mukina2:
Ibime you be ole oh
when u carry Captain band give Arshavin?

Arshavin has been excommunicated from Ibime Utd.

He wasnt performing on the pitch.

I made the fool a captain and he only returned 4 points.

tkb417:
for where
try dropping a coin in the moon
it wont drop

Of course a penny would drop on the moon.

Slowly but surely, Gateman FC will drop.

So there is no freedom of movement within Nigeria?

Fash could handle this without breaking the constitution by simply outlawing begging on the streets.

Soon as the law comes into effect, round up all the vagrants and give them a mandatory 6 month sentence.

All the others will quickly flee back to their states of origin or find something worthwhile to do.

Good job by Sanusi!

Even debt recovery agencies could not work this fast!

The proof is in the pudding. All those who claim Sanusi is doing a hatchet job will still have the nerve to rejoice that banks are receiving their money back. You cannot eat your cake and have it.

Good job by Sanusi!

Even debt recovery agencies could not work this fast!

I believe the density of the bone determines the age of the player.

In all seriousness, I am ECSTATIC that these cheats have been stopped in their tracks. Unlike other Nigerians, I do not celebrate our U-17 victories. The same players who fake their age will hold the team to ransom in their latter years. Imagine an unfit Yakubu claiming 25 when his pot belly would not allow him to run at ACN 2008.

@ all fans of Ibime Utd,

I would like to use todays match programme to inform all fans of impending changes to the team personnel and style of play.

I would also like to warn all fans that we will be taking a massive hit to our points tally over the next week due to irregularities over player transfers. We will not be lodging an appeal with the FA. We believe we still have the players to overcome any points deficit.

Pls do not panic when you see Ibime United in midtable. I know that would seem unusual to most of you.

However, some major restructuring had to be done which should stand the team in good stead for the whole season.

This strategy is a long-term strategy, and Ibime Utd should resurface at the top of the league in the medium-to-long term.

Have no fear. I will deliver the trophy as expected.

Droooooooooooooooooogbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[center][size=14pt]Chelsea to be investigated for fight against Al-Hilal[/size][/center]

CHELSEA are at the centre of an FA probe after a training ground friendly turned into a mass brawl.

The practice game, arranged at short notice by Chelsea on Wednesday, was abandoned after just 35 minutes amid amazing scenes. Players, coaches and officials from Chelsea's reserve team and United Arab Emirates side Al Alhi traded blows for five minutes.

Chelsea players were assaulted with karate kicks, knee-high tackles and had their hair pulled out and their eyes gouged.

Defender Jack Cork, who has since gone on loan to Coventry and sported a black eye in his new side's 1-0 defeat to Swansea, was put in a headlock and repeatedly hit.

The referee, who will not be named by the FA, has written to Soho Square with the full, astonishing details of the battle.

Incredibly the drama was played out in front of scores of children who were taking part in a Football in the Community scheme at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.

The scenes, which were recorded by the club's in-house TV station ChelseaTV and are now locked in a safe, were so brutal some kids fled in tears.

A stunned eye witness revealed: "There were people being chased all over the pitch, eyes were being gouged, hair was being pulled out and one of the Al Hilal players shoved his fingers up the nose of Gael Kakuta. Every player was involved but Chelsea didn't start it."

The Chelsea team included youngsters being groomed for the first team, such as Rhys Taylor, Jeffrey Bruma, Carl Magnay, Kakuta and Cork.

But trouble flared after half-an-hour when Chelsea left-back Ben Gordon was taken out by a two-footed tackle above the knee.

Although the game continued the ref was forced to abandon it when both teams began trading punches just before half-time.

Cork was put in a headlock and beaten while Jeffrey Bruma had two Al Hilal players on his back and karate kicked by another.

Chelsea's opponents were not even allowed back into the changing rooms and were put straight on to the team bus in their kit.

The FA confirmed last night that the incident had taken place.

A Soho Square source said: "The FA supplied the ref. We have received his report and are considering the appropriate action. Chelsea didn't start it."

A Chelsea spokesman said: "There was an unfortunate incident."

Debosky must be fettered in stocks and stoned with tomatoes for his consistent lack of foresight when judging the abilities of Arsenal players.

Is Song still shite?

Is Diaby really shite?

And Eboue?

I hereby renounce my lukewarm ways and my return to the fold of bible-thumping, fervous Christians!

This is all thanks to the Right Reverend Primate Babatunde.

God is really speaking through him.

Lets look at his predictions:


2009 Predictions

There is going to be changes in Central Bank of Nigeria. Some banks will face a lot of crises. - Correct prediction!

A prominent Yoruba leader will die - We are still waiting, but many are quite sick including Gani.

Not all the governors will finish their terms. - We saw that in Edo State!

Hilary Clinton is going to be a powerful member of Obama’s cabinet. - Yes Sir!

Our borders also need prayers because I see terrorists getting to Nigeria through these borders - Boko Haram!

Customs Boss need prayers to be able to escape next year. - He's already been replaced!

We should pray against unexpected inferno in one of the government properties. - Atlas Cove!

Two Actresses will pass on - One has already passed

Terrorists will attack - MEND will take responsibility for that.

The Super Eagles will not perform well next year. - I hope this prediction is wrong sha! 


[size=14pt]I repent!!![/size] 

nex:
There's no court in the world that will make a company which employs hundreds of thousands of people pay out billions of dollars that will fold it up. This old man should let other people think for him.

The man is suffering delusions of granduer. His delusion is that he wants to use the money to change Nigeria, and build 40 new towns in the country. When his story first broke, I realised that the royalties due to him are ten times the Market Cap of Total or whichever company he claims owes him the money.

Guy, just collect your $1bn and enter Forbes list jejely.

This guy is poorly advised.

He needs to come to Europe and publicise his case, instead of sitting in Nigeria and fighting for something when he can easily be killed over there, or judges can be bought to rule against him.

I fear this story is not going to end up on the right note.

@ Post,

I think the correct description of these guys is "infamous", not "popular".

darqly:
Ibime is going to gatecrash that top 4 at the rate he's going.

Unlike the bloody gaynners, top 4 is not the limit of my ambition. Im coming for the no1 spot like Ludacris!

romeo:
Ibime Old grand Pa

Calm down mate. . . . Im a 1982 baby. . . . I knew em through nursery and primary. . .

I suggest a true application of federalism for the politics section with seperate autonomous components all paying tax to the centre!

A prophet has no honour in his own country.

nex:
@OMO IBO

Please stop buying those shares. I bet you have not heard of the kid that lost a billion dollars. That young man collapsed one of the oldest and strongest financial institutions in the UK. Even Queen Elizabeth lost money when Barrings sent one young stock broker with the "special investment eye" to go to Asia and buy stocks. When the collapse of the Asian stock market started, this guy believed in the rise of the market so much that he continued asking for more money from the parent company in England and kept on buying. When other investors were crying, he was eagerly buying off their shares knowing fully well that the economy of Asia was a rising one that would continue to rise. To an extent, he was right in the long run, but in the short run, he was very wrong. He made useless more than 700 million pounds.

The mistake he made was underestimating the power of the media to cause panic among investors thereby bringing total collapse to companies that would have otherwise weathered the storm. So my friend, take it easy with you buy, buy. You're not the first optimist.

I believe you are talking Nick Leeson. He wasnt buying shares, he was purchasing options using a high risk short-straddle technique. No one even knew how much he was spending. Thanks to him, the middle office was created to countercheck what the back-office guys are doing.

And these people call themselves civilised. I pray for the likes of Tayo, Kobojunkie and other lost souls who follow this insidious religion called redneck Republicanism.

"Open carry" state indeed. There is a reason we associate the word "wild-west" with a breakdown of law and order. In redneck Republicanism, "disorder" becomes "law", as evidenced by Arizonas "open carry" policy.

nex:
Let me introduce you to one of the principles of my Jaguda Economics:

"Beer Bares the Bears".

Put simply, when you invest in the largest alcoholic beverage producer in your country, by comparing the value of its shares with those of other companies, you will see the stocks that are really doing good and those that are just fronting.

The share price of the largest alcoholic beverage company only dips when the country's economy is in real trouble. Only.

When the times are good, we drink beer. When the times are bad, we drink beer. When the times are just the times, we still drink beer. Only when the money is not there at all that it tells on the beer. So when you see those shares that rise above Nigerian Breweries shares, then they later fall back, It's all just drama. When you see the shares that rise at a proportion to the rise in Nigerian Breweries and fall in proportion to it, all other things being constant, then you know these businesses are solidly rooted in the economy and really reflecting the realities on ground.


So the beer will expose those bears that pose as bulls.


Nigerians won't buy a plate of "amala" from a restaurant for N50 last month and buy same for N100 this month without noticeable improvement on the quantity, quality or taste. Why do we buy shares of companies more expensively when there's hardly any improvement in the companies themselves.

Hence the NGSE should track the price of beer at all times!

I like this analysis 

Beer no be growth sector sha. Na defensive sector. Naija man no dey like return wey no be tenfold. 

I have always told ma peeps to only hold IPOs for 6 months, cos anyone could recognise the bubble effect in the charts. . . the bubble effect that we now know was caused by banks lending money to debtors, just to buy the same banks shares. . . . sounds like a keynesian stimulus for banks right?

Even a fool can see that the initial rise after any IPO was a bubble caused by wild-west speculators. Just a month after the initial rise, the thing stopped rising kpatakpata, thanks to the nigerian mentality of "buy and hold" which renders the market illiquid.

[center][size=14pt]Six killed, 15 injured in police, JTF clash [/size] [/center]

A clash on Monday between State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) police officers in Anambra and Joint Task Force (JTF) personnel hunting for militants on the River Niger in Onitsha left six people dead and about 15 injured.

The state government issued a statement regretting the mix up, which involved policemen guarding dredging equipment who mistook JTF soldiers for militants.

It was learnt, however, that the casualties were all civilians passing by during the crossfire.

Police and military sources said the incident occurred when policemen acted on a tip-off that militants had invaded the River Niger to attack those handling the dredging project.

Unknown to them that the men in civilian clothes who were in three boats were soldiers, the police officers fired shots into the air to determine whether the men were militants, pirates, or fishermen.

The JTF opened fire on the policemen with their sophisticated weapons in reply.

Before the fog of doubt cleared bullets had caught passers-by, six of who died and others were injured.

SARS Commander, Felix Kigigha, confirmed the incident, adding that although his men discovered the presence of soldiers in civilian clothes patrolling the creeks, he could not rule out the possibility of militants infiltrating the area.

Police Commissioner, Uzor Amakulor, also explained that it was purely a case of mistaken identity, as the troops dressed in mufti and were not easily identified by police officers who took them for insurgents.

http://www.independentngonline.com/news/tfpg/article02/090819

[center][size=14pt]John Nwodo arrested, flown to Abuja[/size]
From: Lawrence Njoku (Enugu)[/center]


FORMER Minister of Information, Chief John Nnia Nwodo was yesterday arrested and flown to Abuja by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) in Enugu.

Nwodo, who was arrested at his residence in Enugu and detained for several hours at the Enugu office of the SSS, was at about 3.30p.m. yesterday afternoon flown to Abuja aboard Arik Airline.

Although no official reason was adduced for his arrest, The Guardian, however gathered that the action might not be unconnected with the speech he delivered last week at the two-day Security Summit organised by the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu for the South East and South-South Zone.

Nwodo had remarked during the interactive session of the summit that "We cannot thank you (army) enough for your professionalism and for your patriotism, but I dare say that it does not stop with keeping quiet. As Minister, I remember that General (Muhammadu) Buhari and other General Officers Commanding (GOCs) came to give the President ultimatum that if certain things were not done, they can no longer guarantee security."

He stated further : "The fact that you wear a uniform does not insulate you from the politics of your country, in fact, it gives you more responsibility because when everything fails, it rests on your shoulder to defend the territorial integrity of the country, so speak up."

Apparently uncomfortable with Nwodo's words, the Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahaman Dambazau, made a second appearance and vehemently denounced the suggestions.

He said: "Our business is there in Section 217 of the 1999 Constitution. We are not going to interfere in what politicians do. We are not saying that our democracy is perfect, but we are hopeful that the politicians would some day arrive at a point of perfection. If what happened in 1966 (first military coup) had not happened, Nigeria would have gone farther than this. So please, we do not want that suggestion from you".

It was learnt that perturbed by the comments, a signal was last night sent to the Enugu office of the SSS for the immediate arrest of the politician, who was picked up yesterday morning.

When The Guardian visited the SSS office located at the Independence layout, Enugu yesterday, scores of associates of the politician, including his lawyer, Anthony Mgboh (SAN) and former Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Obiora Ike, were around to know why he was arrested.

It was gathered that from morning till about 2.00p.m., the politician refused to eat the meal provided for him by the SSS operatives and under compulsion accepted to eat the food provided for him by the Secretary of the Enugu Centenary Committee, Vin Martin Ilo. Nwodo is the chairman of the committee.

The refusal was not unconnected with the denial of the operatives to allow him access to food said to have been brought by his relatives.

Efforts to speak with the Enugu State Director of SSS, Mrs. Funke Amos, met brick walls as she was said to be in a meeting for over an hour and thirty minutes that reporters waited. An official of the agency, who confirmed the arrest, stated that the headquarters only invited Nwodo "for a routine chat".

He said that had they travelled early enough as planned, he would still have returned yesterday, stressing that Nwodo was well and hearty.

Asked why he was being kept from morning till then, he stated, "we are trying to tidy our end of the matter".