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EBEk101:
So you mean to tell me that d Yoruba's that are in Rivers there is no economic reasons for them to be in their states? Riverians don't travel, and i am not comparing rivers with Akwa ibom but trust me if this state continue with this same speed of growth they will b ahead of rivers state

The Yoruba's in Rivers came for sight seeing? Is that what you are saying??

Seems you don't understand that Rivers is the second richest state in Nigeria after Lagos.

EBEk101:
They are not up to one thousand in Akwa Ibom because they don't travel

Why will Riverians be up to 1 thousand in Akwa Ibom?? People usually migrate primarily for economic reasons. So what is in Akwa Ibom to excite a Riverian.

Tapout:
oga relax...your write up is like comparing lagos to Ogun. This is just one of his many achievements in rivers state. B4 now as OP stated, rivers state had a number of leisure parks, op even forgot to mention isaac boro park. Do u know how many factories and companies are in rivers state?? Rivers state has an international airport and an airforce base which has a standed runway which can also serve as an alternative for your "akwaibom airplanes" to land. If rivers state decide to own an airline, it would do so without blinking. The pleasure park didn't it create job opportunities too?? Una dey quick to throw shades for here without thinking. Udom is doing well in his own capacity, likewise wike.

Don't mind Akwa Ibom people. Typical late comers. Whatever they are trying to achieve now, Rivers has crossed many years ago. Just like someone who graduated from University, he wants to compare himself with someone who graduated in I990.


Rivers is not in Akwa Ibom level. At all. Dem no be mate. Pls they should tone down comparisons before they embarrass themselves unnecessarily.

Fuckyoumod:
Stop writing nonsense here!

So pleasure pack is a legacy for a Gov. After 8 years?

When Gov. Udom is busy building factories, from string, Airline to rice mill creating job opportunities in Akwa ibom.

Your here talking about pleasure park.
Just respect yourself!!!

I don't know why most of you always see fit to compare Akwa Ibom and Rivers. Let Akwa Ibom do their thing and leave Rivers alone.


Akwa Ibom is not on Rivers state level.


There are hundreds of thousands of Akwa Ibomites residing in Rivers but I'm sure Riverians arent up to one thousand in Akwa Ibom. The states are not mates. Rivers is on another level to Akwa Ibom.

Wike trying to launder Image. We won't forget he demolished two hotels for no just cause.

Amarabae:
I simply like this man, a gentleman right from his days as minister

My Babe, wassup.

TMKsouth, IronGalaxy et al, I don't understand if you guys came to a Nigerian forum to rub your country on our faces or what??

What are the tangible achievements of black South Africans. I don't want you listing coloureds as blacks.

loveyou123:
is Mugabe late

Today is Sunday 7 June, 2020. Approximately 9:15PM. Someone is asking if Mugabe is late. Na Wah.

ugbedeojo1993:
" Racism will never end as long as white cars are still using black tyres. Racism will never end if people still use black to symbolise bad luck and white for peace. Racism will never end if people still wear white clothes to weddings and black clothes to funerals.

Racism will never end as long as those who don't pay their bills are blacklisted

not whitelisted. Even when playing

snooker, you haven't won until you've sunk the black ball, and the white ball must remain on the table. But I don't care. AS long as l'm using white toilet paper to

Wipe my black ass, l'm happy"

Robert MUGABE.

Gush, this is very funny...


I had to quote you as a means to saving this funny yet inciting text.

Happy989, you write well. I really enjoyed your composition in your 5th Paragraph. Aside that, I don't have anything else to say, or any advice to give.

Let everyone sort themselves out by themselves.

[quote author= post=90406948]https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/africa/238720/cluff-innoson-win-sierra-leone-blocks/[/quote]Been long we heard about Anambra oil. Or is it Audio oil??

Pls what can be done about this outrageous red earth found in Igboland. it has this 'dirtiness' about it.

Ofu onye ádá anu udu egbe!!!

God guard us from Enemies masquerading as Friends. They are usually around us, smiling with us but deep down are literally gnashing their hearts.

Be prayerful always.

Ralph pay her money back. Though an agreement made under 'konji-duress' is hard to fufil especially after curing the konji.

That aside, I cannot imagine myself traveling even 2KMs for a girl that ordinary. Infact that kind ordinary looking girl go spoil my reputation for hood if seen with her during the day. Na that type we dey sneak in for night.

World people and wickedness.

Because they cannot thief Mercedes Benz, they decided to burn it.

Thieves.

ibkayee:
You gave her 'queens treatment' and paid for her Tfare without her having to do anything, looks like you're the simp according to Redpill (or whatever) 'standards' lol

I dey see you steady for Badoo App.

Wassup

Futuragetty:
did he even read that tweet before posting it?
"My baby is having a baby". Mumu man who has not only deceived a beautiful girl with great potential into marrying an Agadi ekwe Nka like him.

I don't think he deceived her.

Blame Regina Daniels Mum.

Congratulations Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi

Defunct Diamond Bank or What ?

Amarabae:
We are still saying the same thing,south east is not as padlocked as your destiny is,
South east is surrounded by Nigeria the same way you are surrounded by poverty,
South east is far from ocean the same way you are close to 35 yet very far from money.
so my durling, we should saying the same thing

What is the problem na. Did you dream about me? or you had a fight with your husband?

Amarachi, see the difference(since you say im poor, as you're even my ex sef). Igbo's cannot escape being padlocked by Nigeria. Their location is fixed for life, their destiny is tied to Nigeria. But I can become richer than Dangote, because nothing is holding me back. I'm not fixed to a spot. I'm on the upward rise baby!!

Amarabae:
but not as padlocked as your destiny.

Amarachi, (which incidentally is the name of my most troublesome ex) i don't need your trouble. if you need to understand the meaning of Padlocked, I will show you SEast in Nigeria map. Surrounded totally by Nigeria, which was designed that way by nature.

God knows why he used Nigeria to chain Igbo. Runaway Jews. Ran all the way from Isreal, thought they were escaping from God. Now God chained them inside Nigeria as punishment.

Leave matter for Mathias. Southeast is Padlocked.

pDudd:
You sure nor be you kill am
Ghosts don't disturb someone for no reason.
Looks like she is inviting you to escort her to where she is going.

.
Nairalanders, una no go kill person.

KenOne:
If there's any university in Nigeria in the news for the wrong reason it must be University of Port Harcourt State.

The University of Port Harcourt is notorious for frustrating students that wants to pursue their post graduate studies abroad in terms of information assessment.

However, i must commend the exams and record office they're the only department or office working because they have a man in charge of that department or office, don't really know his name but a tall man and black in complexion i believe is a God fearing man and have passion for his job that attends to people even in the face of the pandemic.

This said man in exams and record office has a female secretary by name Ihuoma that assists him, these two persons are the only people working in University of Port Harcourt as far as the matter or issue you sort for resides in their office, you'll surely get it especially transcript. I must commend their good job despite the pandemic situation.

But the rest department or offices in University of Port Harcourt are just not working from the VC, Registrar, academic office, bursary office in charge of fees verification and other department that is saddled with providing information or documents for people that wants to further their education abroad are all joy killers and have destroyed so many persons dreams.

Academic office is in charge of issuing English Language proficiency letter for those that wants to study abroad and bursary department verifies your fees payment before exams and record attends to your transcript.

But exams and record department comes to office daily to attend to people because they know the importance of their office but the academic office department and bursary department in charge of fees verification have all stopped work since March ending.

By doing this tying peoples future what an institution called University of Port Harcourt. Shame on Uniport!

I want to understand you clearly, you want Uniport that is running skeletal operations because of Covid-19 global pandemic to attend to you ASAP because you're travelling overseas for further degrees??

Pls don't be angry, how did you beat lockdown to get to Uniport, considering that Educational activties does not qualify as emergencies?

Should I report you to Wike?

Do Not Be Deceived: Igboland Is Landlocked And Will Face Economic Hardship By Churchill Okonkwo

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market.



BY CHURCHILL OKONKWO, MAY 19, 2020

Chinua Achebe, in Things Fall Apart, tells a story of Okonkwo, the main character, who was banished from his village of Umuofia for accidentally shooting a young man. When it was time for Okonkwo to return, after seven years in exile, he instructs his wives and children to prepare a huge feast for his mother's kinsmen in a gesture to show his gratitude for their support. When asked why he was “overloading the table with food,” he said, “I cannot live on the bank of the river and wash my hands with spittle.”

Suffices to say that like Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, Igbos who are known to be outgoing are not washing their hands with spittle, because across the Nigerian landscape, they are living right at the banks of the Benue River, Kano River, Kaduna River, Ogun River, Sokoto River, Cross Rivers, etc. They also thrive at the banks of these rivers and “overload” their abode with human and infrastructural development.

Unfortunately, every now and then, one of the most absurd analyses by the proponents of an independent state of Biafra which is that the five Igbo states in imaginary Biafra is not landlocked makes it to the mainstream media. Last week, in a piece “It is a lie: Igboland is not Landlocked” published in Sahara Reporters, Aloy Ejimakor presented what looks like overwhelming evidence on how easy it is to transfer Apapa Port to the banks of the “Atlantic” Oguta Lake in Igboland for the business of shipping. 

As expected, those without a good understanding of the Nigerian physical and human geography; no good grasp of the maritime industry, and no clue on the economies of shipping and logistics are attempting to push water uphill. The campaign to entice Igbos to withdraw from the waters off the coast of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, etc. is an attempt to force the waters to flow uphill.

Forget about the “dredging” of the Oseakwa River in Ihiala, the Azumiri River, or the “Atlantic Ocean” at the mouth of OgutaLake, the truth is that Igboland is landlocked and will suffer, economically. Do not let anyone deceive you about that. All you need to confirm that is to consult a good physical geography teacher. If you do not have one, simply go to Google Maps on your phone and look for blue markings indicating water bodies and decide for yourself how close the Atlantic Ocean is to Igboland. It should be that simple, if only you approach this quick visual research with an open mind.

Here are some facts per World Bank economists working on trade logistics issues, being landlocked is a major reason why 16 of the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world. According to the Economist, of the 15 lowest-ranking countries in the Human Development Index, eight have no coastline. All of these are in Africa.

Without seaports, these landlocked countries pay more and wait longer for imported food, and other goods. Also, they have an equally hard time exporting, with the result that they trade less and grow more slowly than their coastal neighbors. A quick look at the map of Africa and the location of Central African Republic, Burundi, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Mali, and Burkina Faso, will give you an idea of what it means to be landlocked. So, it is clear, the most obvious handicap of Igbo people who are known for international trade will be moving goods to and from ports.

It has been augured that the actualization of the state of Biafra does not mean that Igbos will be forced to come back to the land-locked states. We are told that we will still have access to the ports in the neighboring countries around landlocked Igboland and as such can easily import and export goods and services. A counterargument is that if Igbos are forced to pass through dozens of police checkpoints between Lagos and the Niger Bridge, Onitsha, under one country Nigeria, how many roadblocks will be put in place if Biafra is an independent country?

Just imagine that for a moment.

Now, imagine also what will happen if the same blockade is put in place from the northern, southern, and eastern boundaries all around Igbo land. How on earth will such an independent state be independent economically? If the movement of imported heavy goods must be re-transported inland to landlocked Igboland, how on earth will the economy be viable?

I am a teacher who makes use of graphics to help my students understand some concepts that would otherwise be difficult to grasp. So, for clarity and easier comprehension, I ask that you pause here and take another look at the Nigerian map. Pay particular attention to the location of Apapa, Port Harcourt, and the new Lekki Deep Sea Port under construction. Then, slowly move your eyeballs inland towards Igbo states for a good understanding of why seaports are sited on the coast of major water bodies. So, forget about emotions and sentiments, a sea is a sea and a river is a river.

So, do not let anyone deceive you, international treaties can promise access to the oceans, but the responsibility for implementing them lies with the governments of the "transit states". Now, imagine how happy and eager the minorities in the Niger Delta region will be to help build infrastructure that would mainly help their landlocked Igbo neighbors. They have little incentive to.

Also, just like Nigeria has closed its borders for months now, transit states to landlocked Igboland can interrupt commerce making the economic viability of landlocked Igboland difficult. For Nigeria with known civil strife between ethnic nationalities, landlocked Igboland will have to reroute trade at exorbitant cost, reducing their competitiveness. You cannot argue with facts.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.

From the analysis, above, you will see that it is not necessary to tell a wise person to get out of the sun. We are Igbos and we are wise. There should, thus, be no need for anyone to tell us that land-locked Igboland is an economic disaster waiting to happen.

On a final note, when you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. Sadly, no matter the size or how full and bright the moon is, people who want to see the Atlantic Ocean at the banks of Oguta Lake or Otamiri in Imo state will see one. But, do not be deceived, landlocked Igboland will be an economic disaster. As my father used to say, I am a teacher and my responsibility is to keep teaching irrespective of whether the students are listening or not.

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. Igbos should not lock themselves up. Rather, we should leave the right doors open as we work for an equitable and better Nigeria, for all.

Together, we can.

Churchill Okonkwo, Ph.D.

On Twitter @Churchillnnobi

CHURCHILL OKONKWO


http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/19/do-not-be-deceived-igboland-landlocked-and-will-face-economic-hardship-churchill-okonkwo

Incredible!!!

Lockdown: Northern community in Rivers slams N100m suit on Wike
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12:05 pm


Okafor Ofiebor Port Harcourt

The Northern Community in Rivers has instituted a N100 million suit against the Governor, Nyesom Wike and the State Government of at a Federal High Court sitting in Port over the seizure of cows and trucks belonging to their members from Adamawa State.

In the suit, members of the Northern Community Rivers are demanding the sum of N100,000,000 as compensation for the arrest of their kinsmen who were in the state on a business trip alongside their cows and trucks.

The Court presided over by Justice E.O. Obile, has fixed the June 1, 2020, to hear the substantive suit.

The Court fixed the date to allow the Plaintiff to put Governor Wike and the state government on notice over the case.

Counsel for the Northerners, Eze Kpaniku, claimed that the Governor Wike erred in arresting the traders because they had waivers from the Federal Government for interstate movements to distribute the agricultural products.

Eze Kpaniku also lamented that both his clients and their cows have been arrested and dumped at the Isolation centre without food and medication for days.

Meanwhile, Leader of Northern Community in Rivers State, Alhaji Musa Saidu demanded for the unconditional release of the arrested persons. He said the Hausa community is the worst hit in the lockdown in Port Harcourt as most of their members have been arrested and detained at the isolation Centre.

Wike, had impounded two trailers loaded with cows at the boundary of Port Harcourt, the state capital, despite the 24-hour lockdown to check the Coronavirus pandemic in the capital city about two weeks ago.

The Governor, according to a statement signed by his( now late Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu), said the Governor also arrested 14 persons in the two trailers conveying the cattle from Adamawa State to Port Harcourt.

The governor said that the cows and the trailers would be auctioned, explaining that a tip-off from some persons led to the arrest.

Governor Nyesom Wike who said that the defaulters were arrested at Rumuigbo in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, the governor ordered the prosecution of the 14 persons by the Mobile Court constituted by his administration under the Executive Order Six he signed for the declaration of the lockdown.

He also directed the State Ministry of Health to conduct tests on the 14 persons to ascertain their coronavirus status.

He said: “This fight has nothing to do with individuals. The law must take its course. You are aware of what is happening and then some people want to illegally smuggle persons into the state.

The Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor are under lockdown and the law must be obeyed. The trailers and the cows will be auctioned tomorrow. ”

Wike said that the arrest of the trailers vindicated his earlier position that security agencies were collecting money at the borders to allow people into the state.

He said: “You heard them saying that they gave money to the security agencies before they were allowed to cross the border. The owner of the cattle in the phone interview said they have fallen short of the law”.

Wike said that people must be alive to eat cow, hence the lockdown to protect the lives of Rivers people.

He decried the level of desperation to smuggle people into Rivers State, but said the government would remain vigilant despite the challenges.

He said: “From tomorrow, move in. Any hotel that is operating , identify it and we will bring down the hotels. I have the political will. Those people who disobey, will face the consequences.”

Wike said that the Task-force must be decisive to ensure that coronavirus was not accommodated in Rivers State.

He said: “Nobody should come from outside to compound our problems. Then you want to import this invisible killer. We will not that.

“If we allow what is happening to continue, we don’t have the capacity to face it. And there will be no support from any quarter,” he said.


https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2020/05/19/lockdown-northern-community-in-rivers-slams-n100m-suit-on-wike/