₦airaland Forum

obailala:
My sincere apologies for my poor choice of words. I just get emotional when I see the way things are in the country and how ordinary Nigerians and even youths are the ones condemning, pulling down and crucifying the only few people who dare to speak up or stand up to the useless leaders.

You say Sowore became popular only in GEJ's era? well that's just for you who. Back in the days before he even set up saharareporters, Sowore was even a thorn in OBJ's flesh especially during the third term agenda. A lot of people wouldn't have known this cos the internet and social media wasn't rampant then unlike today.

REgarding Yaradua's sickness saga, Oh yes! Sowore played a good role, he was the first person who alerted Nigerians that Yaradua was in a comatose state in Saudi Arabia, he was the first to alert Nigerians when Yaradua was sneaked into the country on a stretcher, he was the first to alert Nigerians on the sleaze being perpetrated by the Yaradua kitchen cabinet during the sickness days. It was the back to back tormenting reportage of bodies like SR that unsettled the cabal and forced them to step aside, making the senate then to enact the 'doctrine of necessity' which made GEJ the Ag. President at the time (this was several months before Yaradua's 'official' death). If not for the leakages from SR, the statusquo would have remained for a really long time; i.e. GEJ relegated to one corner while the cabal squandered Nigeria.

Like I said before, i have a right to support or criticise any candidate I choose, in the way I choose. I support a person today isn't a reason I shouldn't criticise or dump them the moment they misbehave; that is my prerogative. If you like, keep wailing till year 2099 over the election loss of GEJ in 2015; for the record, GEJ was a useless president, and even with what I know now about the uselessness of PMB, if the world goes back in time, I wouldn't still support GEJ or PDP in that election, I'd rather be neutral!

well said

richmanrichard:
no, he is fighting for his pocket

Since Military days .....so Sowore has bn fighting for his pocket....what a shame we are in this jungle called Nigeria

Poverty of the mind is beclouded out judgement big time

we keep blaming Sowore for APC.... did we have a choice between Buhari and Jonathan back then?

Good luck to us all.

goltokka:
Anyone who knows Sowore well will know he's not a politician but activist,I was privileged to fight along with him against Babangida military rule then in my Unilag days,I was even his personal body guard when we were attacked by the soldiers in one of our anti military rule at oshodi. Sowore only joined politics with the hope of gaining power for the use of masses. I'm not a politician ,I'm not even in Nigeria as I write now. Let's join hands and struggle for the emancipation of our country ,don't just " siddon and look"

Well said GOD bless you.

We have a blinded nation and all they see is what to grab and eat due to poverty of the mind.

Omoyele Sowore has always been an activist.....people need to wake up from this Slumber

Jaqenhghar:
At least he is trying to correct an error. The biggest critics today were the ones who supported a free and fair election. They are not sitting down and watching

Well said ... thank you.

Everyone keeps berating Sowore as if we had a better choice between Jonathan and Buhare back then....

Parisian:
Yele is not the same. He has shown that.

I could say the say about but a boy that musicians are all crackheads who lead a dysfunctional lifestyle chasing women, drugs and alcohol

Since 1993, Yele has been and still faces persecution from the government.

Burns just used this rubbish reply as an excuse.

well said....

its just sad that people are confused because yele ran for a seat and now also leading the revolution so people are thinking its for his own selfish interest.

Blind people we all are....

Years to come people will look back and appreciate Sowore...

davibid:
All these billionaires without verified sources of wealth will not let us rest.


Hush comes to mind.

GBAM


You said it all in a nutshell

princeade86:
Hope not old video. Our government can't be trusted. We don't know technology they used for the video. Like gandoje video.

Old video with a voice over his discussion... why does he have a name badge on him ....

Chucks234:
Actually it is not fact because I havent seen his bank account. Abi u be him account officer? They said he is a billionaires son not that he is the billionaire.

i repeat.... Terry Wayas money is nothing but noise and audio money

Imamshekau:


Typical Blackman, braggings,showoff and chestbeating.Na their way.

You will never see top US billionaires and their family members make such comments most of them live simple lives and are more involved in philanthropic gestures.

Terry Waya , Kidwayas dad is all fronting/hype and more money bn thrown around all over the place....

He is not a billionaire for fact.....

Caseless:
I really thought Kashamu was a strong man. He fought a tougher opponent who later consumed him. He appears calm while celebrating his victory over Kashamu in silence. From the voice of Kashamu, he had already been told to beg for mercy to stay alive, hence the pitiable voice he begged baba with. This man is also OBJ's in-law and OBJ also celebrated kashamu's death.

No doubt, Adebutu was responsible for Kashamu's death.

Ekpa ijebu, garri ijebu, baba ijebu, etc, ijebu no fit produce better thing? ☹️

Kashamu as a Muslim was involved in lotto and gambling. May Allah forgive him his sins and forgive all of us too.

OBJ is not his in-law anymore the marriage did not even last a year sef

Peppysco:
Its really saddening how people have elevated themselves to the position of the Almighty God. I mean, a situation where someone had to beg for his own life, promised to drop all litigations and other court charges, even promised to support Ladi Kessington, baba Ijebu's son, Kashamu's political rival, even though they belonged to the same party. In my little understanding, it takes a dying man, who has been told of the source of his illhealth or predicament to make such a call and even talk in such manner.
From that recording & the sound of his voice, Kashamu was already gone, he was only looking for a way back, only for the greedy old man to demand he withdrew all litigations against him.
Just as baba Ebenezer Obey said, 'if you're bigger or more powerful than I am, you can't ever be bigger than God', baba Ijebu should know he wouldn't live forever.

The Segun bn mentioned in the conversation is Segun Adebutu..... Adebutus Kessingtons son

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segun_Adebutu

"Allegations
In an exclusive report, Nigeria's Premium Times reported that Segun Adebutu had been detained and questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on January 28, 2020, at the anti-graft Lagos office for economic sabotage and tax fraud of about five billion naira, associated with Premier Lotto, a company of which he is an executive director. Other newspapers, such as New Telegraph, TheCable and Pulse Nigeria,substantiated this report.

On February 18, 2020, Adebutu told Premium Times that he had been interrogated but not detained as was reported.[15] He said he had gone to the EFCC to represent his father, who was unavailable at the time to answer the EFCC summons. According to him, "I was never invited to EFCC office by the EFCC operatives but voluntarily visited the office of the EFCC following a letter written to the managing director of Premier Lotto, a company in which the Adebutu family has business interest". After further clarifications from the company, the EFCC found no malpractices in the affairs of Premier Lotto and Segun Adebutu and the matter was dismissed."

Thats him to his fathers left sitting next to Ooni of Ife


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Segun_Adebutu%2C_Ooni_of_Ife_and_Adebutu_Kessington.jpg

timibare:
u wan dey correct rich man.....u get liver ooh....take time

Terry is not rich , it’s all a scam ..... he’s broke

Also never bn a billionaire .... we just use ds words loosely in Nigeria damn

Yep its bn kept on the low ever since and they have agreed with the kids to have a balanced public outlook

obowunmi:
He cheats on her.

She cheats on him.

They won't leave each other.

LOL.... they are separeted but kept it on the low and with an agreement to stay to keep their kids happy.....you can see Femi$ never refers to her as wifey anymore.... simply calls her Nana.

She played away sometime ago while Femi too played away as well.....

IspitonCowards:
she said she needs volunteers to help with PR, I don't know how that qualifies as crying out, This woman is clearly qualified and willing to serve in that capacity, she is just doing what is expected of anyone vying for the seat, But you so badly want to believe she is desperate, I want to believe you are somehow related to the man Buhari replaced her with

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My dear bro or sis, I am not in any way shape or form related to the man Buhari replaced her with, in fact not anywhere close .

Also I am not a bitter person, I just believe in equity and fair play as the space at the top is very limited and choked.

NOI had played a major role globally and well respected, in fact she's qualified for the job without a shadow of a doubt

Also I also respect her and used to put up strategic defence for her work pro-bono while she was Minister of Finance

I just believe if she does not take this role , it still does not erode/diminish the role she has played both in Government, Private and globally.

if there are other qualified candidates why not give them a chance....

Yes its good to be ambitious without a doubt, sometimes its always good to empower and pull up other people

That is the role NOI should be playing now.....

That is all I was trying to drive home.

Sincere apologies if I came across wrongly or you got a slanted view of my points.

Lastly the WTO role is not as big as the roles she played globally before....

IspitonCowards:
where did she say this role is by fire by force? And have heard her mention that her hands are full at the moment?, The role she is vying for will be called by voting and I believe the voters have the credentials of each contestant, let their votes judge her...I don't really know where your bitterness and animosity Is coming from.

not bn bitter in any way shape or form .... but shes the one who said she needs money for PR.... if shed not serious about the role why cry out for PR funds ....

IspitonCowards:
would you sit there if offered the seat?

If I am idle...

. Okonjo Iweala has her hands full ....already shes working with SA Gov... Has Twitter Board and Advisory role and also has a few others....

why this role by fire by force.....

"Later career
Okonjo-Iweala is co-Chair of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate, with Nicholas Stern and Paul Polman.[25] Previously, she served as the co-Chair of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.[26]

In the past, Okonjo-Iweala was also a member of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (2015-2016), chaired by Gordon Brown; the Commission on the New Climate Economy (also co-Chaired by Paul Polman and Lord Nicholas Stern); the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation; the United Nations’ Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (2012-2013); and the renowned Growth Commission (2006-2009), led by Nobel Prize winner Professor Michael Spence.

Okonjo-Iweala is the founder of Nigeria’s first indigenous opinion-research organization, NOI-Polls.[27] She also founded the Center for the Study of Economies of Africa (C-SEA),[28] a development research think tank based in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Brookings Institution.

In 2012, Okonjo-Iweala was a candidate for President of the World Bank, running against Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim; if elected, she would have been the organization's first female president.[29]

Since 2019, Okonjo-Iweala has been part of UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education, chaired by Sahle-Work Zewde.[30] In 2020, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva appointed her to an external advisory group to provide input on policy challenges.[31] Also in 2020, she was appointed by the African Union (AU) as special envoy to solicit international support to help the continent deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[32]

In June 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria nominated Okonjo-Iweala as the country’s candidate to be director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO).[33]"


These are her current roles.....



Government agencies

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Member of the International Advisory Board[34]


International organizations


Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Member International Advisory Panel (since 2016)[35]
GAVI, Chair of the Board (since 2016)[24]
African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2003-2006, 2011-2015)[36]
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Member of the International Monetary and Finance Committee (2003-2006, 2011-2015)[citation needed]
Joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, Chair (2004)[citation needed]


Corporate boards


Twitter, Board of Directors (since 2018)[37][38]
Standard Chartered, Independent Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2017)[39]
Lazard, Senior Advisor (since 2015)[40]



Non-profit organizations


Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[41]
Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)[42]
Results for Development (R4D), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)[43][44]
Women's World Banking, Member of the Africa Advisory Council (since 2014)[45]
The B Team, Member (since 2013)[46][47]
Friends of the Global Fund Africa, Member of the Board (since 2007)[48]
Global Financial Integrity (GFI), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2007)[49]
African Risk Capacity, Chair of the Board[50]
African University of Science and Technology, Chair of the Board[40]
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Member of the Advisory Board[51]
Global Business Coalition for Education, Member of the Advisory Board[52]
Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), Member of the Advisory Board[53]
Mercy Corps, Member of the Global Leadership Council[54]
Rockefeller Foundation, Member of the Global Development Network[citation needed]
Nelson Mandela Institution, Chair of the Board[55]
One Campaign, Member of the Board[56]
Oxford Martin School, Member of the Advisory Council[57]
Vital Voices, Member of the Global Advisory Council[58]

IspitonCowards:
People with the least understanding are always so sure of themselves, you made absolutely zero sense with this gibberish you typed

For your information, I have worked globally with institutions and brands before I set off my own vehicle with Private Equity Participation....

I repeat the role is nothing more than an ego boated role....

Why is NOI hell bent on sitting in that seat even when she knows the man penciled to apply for the seat was pushed aside by PMB....


Why the desperation ?

IspitonCowards:
People with the least understanding are always so sure of themselves, you made absolutely zero sense with this gibberish you typed

Please educate my sir/ma....

I repeat the role is nothing more than a red tape role.... it does not change the status quo.... as it stands ....

Africa is choked with Chinese and foreign goods.... what will Okonjo Iweala do the change the narrative other than have it on her already accomplished shinny resume?

What are the three main functions of World Trade Organization?

The main functions of the WTO are:
Administering WTO trade agreements.
Providing forum for trade negotiations.
Handling trade disputes.
Monitoring Members' trade policies.
Providing technical assistance and training to developing and least developed economies.
Cooperating with other international organizations.

ideylaff:
Is it by force to be in the World Trade Organization Seat ... with all the stuff she has on her hands...


This is now bordering more on ego ... if yiu ask me

The seat does nothing for Nigeria or Africa..... its purely for grandstanding and only administrative in nature.......

Why is she breaking her head for the role.... is it by force....

The role does not change the world order.... Africa is still the loser based on how world trade is bias and skewed towards the west/1st World...

Go an sit down madam before you lose all the respect we have for you...Tescheeeew

What are the three main functions of World Trade Organization?

The main functions of the WTO are:
Administering WTO trade agreements.
Providing forum for trade negotiations.
Handling trade disputes.
Monitoring Members' trade policies.
Providing technical assistance and training to developing and least developed economies.
Cooperating with other international organizations.

IspitonCowards:
Ride on ma.....The seat is yours to take

Is it by force to be in the World Trade Organization Seat ... with all the stuff she has on her hands... board roles all over globally


This is now bordering more on big ego[.. if you ask me

The seat does nothing for Nigeria or Africa..... its purely for grandstanding and only administrative in nature.......

Why is she breaking her head for the role.... is it by force....

The role does not change the world order.... Africa is still the loser based on how world trade is bias and skewed towards the west/1st World...

Go an sit down madam before you lose all the respect we have for you...Tescheeeew

OasisT:
From what you wrote he was before Mike bought it. You don't expect Mike to retain him because once ownership changes, the management too will change. But in all he was an accomplished man before venturing into politics .

I think we should allow him to rest in peace. He has done his best he could do while on earth. Name calling has no effect on him and his family. Makinde should do his and allow posterity to judge .

Thanks for the research and healthy argument without name calling and abuse. I appreciate

Appreciate you too. I will never go into uncouth behaviour...not my way at all.

On a serous note im not an Ajimobi hater but his wife has handled this so pooly and now exposed the family in a bad light as people are already on the edge before this due to current hardship economically.

OasisT:
Ok did he perform as governor or not infrastructurally or not ?

The last time I checked Mike Adenuga did not work in Shell and only the board can sack CEO of a company. For clarification, the one he worked was a subsidiary of Shell and Mike Adenuga is never a part of shell but only owns Conoil .

Thank you

He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the [b]National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, [/b]a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria. National Oil ended up been Conoil... after rebranding .... Mike runs his company as he likes....

see below ....Mike Adenuga also has interests in the downstream sector of the petroleum economy. In the wake of a government-engineered privatisation exercise in the year 2000, Mike Adenuga acquired a controlling stake in National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company Plc (NOLCHEM), a petroleum marketing company. At the time Mike Adenuga acquired the shares, NOLCHEM was a shadow of itself. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy; its stock was trading at an all-time low, and several of its retail outlets were dysfunctional at best.

Within a year, Adenuga turned around the fortunes of the company. NOLCHEM, which Adenuga subsequently renamed Conoil PLC, is now one of Nigeria’s largest petroleum marketers. Conoil has over 300 retail outlets spread across Nigeria and is one of the top dogs at the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Ajimobi was MD/CEO of NOLCHEM..... Mikes company.....after he took over the controlling shares...

OasisT:
You don't know her or her late husband. If you do by chance, you will know that the family was in billionaire club before joining the politics. Also you will know that the woman refused to support the husband in 2002 to venture politics because of issues like this before she finally agreed after 3 years .Thank you

Ajimobi was sacked my Mike Adenuga during his National oil days ..... so if Ajimobi is a Billionaire why did he have his hands in the cake of Oyo State for 8 years stealing funds land and resourcing and giving deals to his in-laws

Which Billion did Ajimobi have? From which business did they get it from that they now started to buy properties in Ikeja during his tenure like it’s going out of fashion.

Please don’t let us open a can of worms here......

All I need to do is to bring the Chinese contractors who did construction work in Oyo State during his time to come spill the beans

He had one small flat in London and it had a mortgage paid monthly before he became a Senator back then.

Can we stop using the word billionaire loosely on here please

bus1:
Bros, leave the petty illiterates suffering from inferiority complex on nairaland.
Their sick mentality is that ajimobi family is rich while they are poor, so therefore they should gloat over his death.
While makinde has the full right to deny any plot to the ajimobi family, he clearly did not handle the situation in a matured or sensible manner.
A governor that wants to get in touch with his predecessor's family will get in touch, and they will cooperate for the burial.
All this cock and bull story of phone call, Lagos, physician, sanwo olu etc .is just an attempted diversion from makinde's pettiness.

How much of Ajimobis/Tax payers money was buried with him........ what does it benefit a man still fresh in the ground and his family is already self imploding.... in front of the very people he ruled arrogant lord over for 8 years...

KARMA... KARMA...KARMA.... we came to this world with nothing we leave with zero....

Even Abba Kyyari had a better send off and ending than ds arrogant Ajimobi family....

who ever likes can back them on Naira land or social media...one thing is thw truth cannot be hidden

Ajimobi family are getting what they deserve...

"The greatest enemy of history is not speaking the [b]TRUTH [/b]of the dead in the guise of not speaking[b] ILL [/b]of the dead"

Openbusiness:
She's neither arrogant nor entitled. Based on her narration of the events, she's right and the Oyo government is wrong, that's why the OYO govt is doing all this damage control publicity, cuz they didn't expect the woman will be bold enough to confront and expose them. What she said is absolutely correct, she is a politician's wife and not just any politician, a recent Governor of her state, and a recent deputy national chairman of the ruling party, and a close ally of the powers that be. So she can't be picking calls anyhow. Because it could be an enemy or a troublemaker or people that are aggrieved with her husband or people begging for all kinds of favors. So she has to be selective to answer calls. It is the wise thing to do. She never said she doesn't pick calls, she said she doesn't pick calls from unknown numbers, that is numbers not saved on her phone. So the Oyo govt rep calling her was a dummy. If she didn't pick your calls after many attempts, the sensible thing for him to have done would be to send an SMS message or WhatsApp and introduce himself and his mission for calling. At that instance, if she doesn't respond, then he has no blame. But he didn't do that. And then the Governor himself was talking rubbish that they didn't inform them officially. So it is until they write letter to them before they know that they will come to the aid of the former sitting Governor that just vacated seat? No, it's too bad. Life is more than politics. They let politics becloud their sense of good reasoning and here they are today, trying to sell all kinds of damage control stories to the public to shift blame from their head. Kemi first broke the news, I'm sure most of the other governors that paid visits or sent condolences didn't get "officially informed", some of them would have heard through social media and then reached out to confirm if true or not. But Oyo government is waiting for official information. Let dem keep waiting forever. Mumu people

I know her very well, she arrogant, rude, uncouth, vindictive and very wicked to all staff and people around her.... they must have thought KARMA does not exists when they were riding the horse called Oyo State...... now she bitter when she should ne mourning ...her hubby

"The greatest enemy of history is not speaking the TRUTH of the dead in the guise of not speaking ILL of the dead"

Oyindaberry:
This video is not for his burial. You can see the banner on the wall, Adelabu and Ajimobi standing side by side. This looks more like one of the videos captured during one of their campaigns. All these bloggers sef

well spotted

Blackking98:
Nigeria is the highest share holder uncle. So we have a higher stake and say than USA. I hope this meeting was to plan on how to ensure Adeshina remains as the president and squash the USA shitty talk.

AFRICAN dependent (DEVELOPMENT) BANK

While we waste our resources hosting World Cup and several platitudinal OAU, AU, ECOWAS whatever meetings,
here is where we actually are -

Nigeria with 9.2% voting power being the largest shareholder.

USA with 6.5% voting power.

Japan 5.4% with VP

Germany 7th on the table at 4.2% VP

Canada 4% VP

France 3.7% VP

Italy 2.4% VP

UK 1.7% VP

Sweden 1.5% VP

Switzerland 1.5% VP

Apart from
Egypt with 5.4% VP;
South Africa 4.9%;
Algeria 4.2% VP

The rest of
8 African Nations from
Cote d Ivoire to Kenya have nominal status from 3 to 1% Voting Power

The Voting Block comprises 20 Countries:

African Nations with 11 Countries have only 32.4% Voting Power
at the Bank.

Foreign Countries are 9 including USA, Japan, Sweden etc with Voting Power of 67.6%.

Source IMF.

These African leaders will soon sell all their citizens to foreign Nations.

The faith of Akinwumi is not in the hand of African Countries but foreign investors.
Too bad!

kessdivine4all:
Ogbeni go clear yourself, some may not like what am saying but let me see him exonorated of the charges first

exactly

Blackking98:
Nigeria is the highest share holder uncle. So we have a higher stake and say than USA. I hope this meeting was to plan on how to ensure Adeshina remains as the president and squash the USA shitty talk.

Not nailing him to the cross.

why is he criss crossing all over laundering his image with all sorts of optics if hes clean and has nothing to fear....

honest1480:
In this society, there is something special about the mansion.

I just come form the school of thought.... rich make noise but wealth is silent......

simplicity and less noise is my way of life....

that said I like the way Davido empowers people around him.... especially those on his record label

its the noisy side that I just don't subscribe to

Same Banana island is over hyped.... no drainage or sewage system and even pipe borne water....that is the basics in the norm of things

Exc2000:




how is her tweet a public attack? you called her a liar on your social media handle, and she went further to show us who was truly telling lies

this Pantami better calm down... Abike Dabiri seem close to Buhari as they travelled everywhere around the world during the first term, and she rose from Special Adviser to a Chief Executive of an Agency in second term, after escorting Buhari to all campaign ground from north to south during 2019 campaign train

Abike as a Special Adviser was more powerful than Godsfrey Onyeama the Minister her connection led to the release of some abouki's on deathrow in saudi

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Lol. Don’t kid yourself. Patami is Buhari’s praying scholar. He sees the president without an appointment.

This Is on good authority.

If they do battle Abike stands no chance