₦airaland Forum

OreMI22:
Great Man!

Enugu shall miss your great vision and innovations.
If anyone deserves a third term Sullivan Chime is it!

Deltagiant:
It's good to know and recognise these diversities in every state even though some petty minded people would take exception to this sort of story if the people were to be Igbo speaking. Then it would become Igbo "land grabbing" or "expansionism".

Abuetor, Eke Okpokiri and Osekwenike are native Igbo speaking communities of Bayelsa. The last time it was mentioned, some idi;ots would take none of that.

Thanks Op

madamoringo:
Short sighted beggarly people only deserve crumbs of course! Or, what should the people who worked hard, against every odds to be successful get versus the lazy, incompetent and cynical Beastafars who put their lives in a sinking boat to deny Nigeria progress and change? Give Onu, Okorocha, Ngige and the other ibo person there some portfolio, pay their allocations and whatever need to be done constitutionally, but that is all. This people will do anything to sabotage Nigeria in order to keep crying for the Beastafar country and hope APC, Buhari and other Nigerians follow their bad advice which is meant to set a trap for them all the way. I say Buhari and Nigerians be wary of these people of herd mentality, whose inferiority complex drive to paranoia on a per second basis!

intergral:
Hardluck RIP..... That's the point am trying to make some few days ago... They go about telling people that the Northerners this and that, but to be honest this are list of things the Igbos don't tell their people about the North;
1. How many igbo people have died due to bokoharam...
2. They do their business peacefull just like every northerner...
3. They do their transaction with least fear of armed robbers and 419...
4. They are tasked just like every Northerner no extra charges...
5. They go about their business without being or feeling like they are stranger...
6. They build houses because they are ready to settle there...
If you are an Igbo Man and you've not been to the North ask your brothers to tell you the truth about the North and if they say that is a bad place to stay, ask him why they still go there in numbers to do business..... RIP CHINEDU MAY YOUR SOUL find the greatest comfort it deserves...

tonychristopher:
why is it that most of these sobo people are ashamed to say. their tribes ...their hatred for igbo is terrible

They want to carry asaba to warri ...they don't like airport atasaba

efilefun:
You need urgent medical attention, first its the igbos that have been making noise all this while, wish simply means you all have that in your DNA (no insults intended) and to crown your stupidity why will you call the hausas BH. The soldiers that have been fighting this group of bastards your GEJ condoned and welcomed with open arms are mostly of what tribe also calling the Yorubas Amala and ewedu, when someone bashes your tribe you all run to the MODs crying like wounded mosquitoes. You better get a life and accept the fact that your political party lost at the polls.

The simple truth you all failed to realize is that an average igbo man doesnt trust his next door neighbor and there is disunity among you thats why BIAFRA is still a dream till now

handsometokunbo:
Haha lol!!!!

I have warned Igbos who are banking on the emotion of Ijaws by forcing themselves on Niger-delta; Ijaws are only part of Niger delta.

There is nothing like United SS. Ijaws are only pained cos their son lost the election and Igbos quickly tapped into that by attaching SS to SE in all their hatred campaign these days but Igbos ll be shocked when Ijaws finally understand that they as Ijaws are on their own With Igbos.

heywhy4u:
just tooooooooooooooooo loooooooooooooong to read can somebody tell me what is going on

tonychristopher:
IBOS ARE AGBOR AND AGBOR IS IGBO WHY THREATEN THE WOMAN

ONE OF THE TRIBES I DETEST IS SOBO...THAT IS URHOBO AND ISOKO

All is still not well with the All Progressives Congress, APC, on its inability to resolve the impasse created by various yearnings of the geopolitical zones of the country to produce the senate president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.


For two weeks running, members of the party have been inundated with intrigues and horse trading on the issue.
The National Working Committee, NWC, met twice penultimate week to resolve the issue but it was deadlocked.

Alternatively, a leadership meeting of the party was summoned on May 22 at Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja to reach a compromise but that was still far fetched.

The only ruse brokered by the party was on the Senate Presidency which was eventually zoned to the north central.

Vanguard investi-gations revealed that some verbal ‘fisticuffs’ ensued among party members present at the meeting when suddenly the south west vested interest in the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives which had earlier been conceded to the north east.

Sources privy to the meeting confided in Vanguard that the altercation reached a crescendo and forced the meeting to an abrupt end. But not without the intervention of some stakeholders including the president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari who was present.

To further calm frayed nerves, the meeting asked Buhari and the national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun to fathom ways of resolving which zone to cede the speakership to.

It was also learnt that the idea of including former interim national chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande and the Vice President-elect, Professor Yemi Osibanjo on the committee was rejected by most members who submitted that it would be crowded.

With that, the meeting ended and attention was later shifted to Buhari and Oyegun.

But one week after the subcommittee was formed, the president-elect and the national chairman are yet to come up with a solution.

A source revealed that Buhari’s disposition since APC’s electoral victory, has been to give free hand to the incoming federal lawmakers to choose their leaders without much recourse to zoning or external interferences.

It was also learnt that Buhari/Oyegun committee would never hold as it would be too dangerous to persuade any zone to drop its ambition having gone this far.
This means that the zones might be slugging it out on the Inauguration Day.

Tinubu/Akume’s tango on senate presidency
Vanguard learnt that until last week, the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had invested heavy interest in the Senate minority leader, Mr. George Akume from Benue State to emerge as the next senate president.

But the insistence of the North east to produce the Speaker of the House as against the interest of South west from where Tinubu has positioned the outgoing Minority Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has made Tinubu to rescind his decision to support Akume.
Tinubu’s u-turn, however, was remotely orchestrated by Buhari’s stance on working with people with healthy social life styles.

Enter Senator Bukola Saraki

Another contestant of the senate number one seat is Bukola Saraki from Kawara State. At the moment, the pendulum is swinging to his side but again, it was gathered, the camp of the APC national leader is not comfortable with his candidacy.

One of the reasons being bandied around is that Saraki is “arrogant”. But many people feel his “arrogance” is likened to giving a dog a bad name to hang it.
In their perspective, Saraki has a mind of his own and may not be easily tossed around by Tinubu or even Buhari when elected Senate President.

But again, feelers say Buhari is not disposed to work with anyone who has pending issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


Tinubu dumps Akume, goes for Ahmed Lawan
To stop the candidacy of Hon. Yakubu Dogari from Bauchi State who is gunning for the House Speakership, Tinubu has obviously deserted Akume and shopped alternative from north east.

His newest catch now is the Chairman, Senator Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Ahmed Lawan from Yobe State.

To the chagrin of many people, Senator Remi, Tinubu’s wife last week openly campaigned for Lawan on the floor of the senate, registering a general impression that the table has turned against Akume.

According to sources, the aim of the Tinubus is to dislodge Dogari who appears to be leading in the speakership contest, given the feeling that the north east cannot produce both the senate presidency and the speaker.

The impeding showdown

An APC source told Vanguard on Friday that Tibunu’s insistence on Gbajabiamila would be roundly resisted by APC members.

But Should the idea eventually sail through, the source who craved anonymity said a Tambuwal scenario where the members jettisoned the then PDP’s preferred choice, Hon. Akande Adiola in 2011 and went for a more credible and acceptable candidate, Aminu Tambuwal, would be repeated.

Emergency of Legacy/Equity Groups

Already, the seemingly unhealthy developments have thrown up divisions in the National Assembly.
Members are now forced to realign with their old blocs in the face of Tinubu’s unyielding disposition in the power sharing.

Groups have emerged. While founding members of APC head for Legacy Group, the group of G5 Governors and G37 lawmakers also called New PDP, nPDP which defected from the PDP to APC have formed Equity Group.

Recall that APC was a product of legacy parties made up of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, All Nigerian People’s Party, ANPP, Congress for Progressives Change, CPC and a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA involving Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.

“For Instance, many have started thinking that the former ACN has produced the Vice President-Elect, Professor Yemi Osibanjo who is Tinubu’s candidate. Conceding the Senate Presidency to him using either Akume or Lawan and the House Speakership using Gbajabiamila would mean that ACN has got everything leaving almost nothing for other parties except CPC which has produced the president-elect, General Buhari. So, what happens to ANPP and APGA?” A source asked.
Similarly, the Equity group which is populated by former members of PDP are now reaching out to their colleagues in the PDP for support.

“The is likely to be the scenario you will use. And I can tell you that with this arrangement, the PDP senators will queue behind Saraki and Dogari to spite Tinubu.
“Remember that it is just a difference of 11 Senators in the senate while in the House, you have 139 PDP members. Besides, Section 50 of the constitution stipulates that members should elect their leaders. So, it is not for the party to dictate. That was exactly how Tambuwal emerged. And I tell you that the scenario may repeat itself if care is not taken”, the source added.
According to the source, the mission is to save Nigeria from one man’s grip. He argued that allowing one man to produce the Vice President, senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives may spell doom for the country.

South east caucus of APC pleads Buhari for speaker/Deputy

Meanwhile, the race for the speakership assumed an interesting dimension when the south east caucus on Thursday indicated interest in the speakership of the House.

At a meeting with Buhari, the leader of the group, Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha pleaded that with their 3 members-elect, the zone should be considered for speakers.

But where that fails, Okorocha said, they should be considered for the deputy speaker of the House.
At the moment, all the camps; Gbajabiamila, Dogari and Saraki, Lawan are seriously wooing their PDP counter-parts.

Vanguard can authoritatively report that meetings are being
held at the Lagos Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja where Saraki and Dogara are perfecting their plans.
But against this backdrop, a south west source who has sympathy for his people warned that if APC wants to end its rule at just one term of 4 years, it should shove the zone out of the speakership.

“If APC wants to end in 2019, let them give the north east the Speakership after giving the Senate President to North East or North central and see”, he said.

qbd2:
Hmm, and y were u arguing bout dis in d firstinstance? Is it till one of u breaks d other's head with a bottle b4 u stop?

Aegon:
Ethnic Warlord, Get a life. Pray tell us who fought Etteh in the house of reps speakership? When she was finally removed by the "integrity group" we all saw how Mr integrity Bankole set the record as the most monumental fraud in the house. I should also remind you that your own western reps denied Mulikat being Speaker. Rather sell out than have her. Wanna talk about greed? Greed is Jakande spying on Awolowo in order to Curry favours and cash from Babangida. This gross betrayal led to the Good mans death. Greed is when some Obas including the Lagoon one travel to Abuja to collect bribes over the cowardly murder of MKO.

GodMode:
Where did u steal it from

adigunomomama:
Nigerians keep giving them hours, from 24hrs to 48hrs to 72hrs...


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