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A LESSON FOR ALL NIGERIANS
Mubi, the biggest commercial town in Adamawa state, was thrown into chaos the day Boko Haram descended on them and the people found themselves running for their lives. The terrorists shot sporadically, killing a lot of people while those who could escape jumped into any available car to run to safety. Christians, Muslims, Igbos, Yorubas, Tivs, Hausas and any tribe or religion, jumped onto any vehicle that was headed outside the town. Soldiers scampered onto trucks with civilians, begging to be saved, hundreds of people who could not get a vehicle ran into the hills. In their frantic effort to stay alive, no one paid attention to anybody's religion or ethnicity before asking them for help or helping them to stay alive. It was a community of people, united by their desire to escape the common enemy that hunted them all without discrimination. Ethnicity and religion vanished, all they were left with was their humanity. Those climbing the hills stayed together, helping one another stay on their feet as they all tried to survive.

The most interesting part of the narrative is that the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Badeh is from the same town of Mubi. It has been reported that few hours before the attack, helicopters flew in and evacuated his family members from the town. The chief of Defence staff by the way, is the most senior military officer in Nigeria and he controls the army, navy and air force. Before that sad day, someone from Mubi would have boasted that the Chief of Defence Staff is from their home town. But on the day that it mattered the most, he evacuated only his family members and abandoned everyone else to their fate. It means he had information of the impending attack and as the most senior military commander, he did not fly into the town to lead his men to battle to defend his community. He quietly saved only his family and left even the soldiers without an inspiring commander to motivate them to engage the terrorists and defend his community.

One lesson all Nigerians must learn from this story is that as a people, all we have is our neighbours. When you need some help at home, you knock on the door of your neighbour. The president, governor, senator or minister is not there to help you. Why then should you continue to fight your neighbour because of a man or woman who cares only about his own family? Our elites may deceive us about sharing the same religion or ethnicity with us, but time and again, they have proven that they do not care. We have been fools, killing one another on the basis of religion and ethnicity while they stay united across all the divides and plunder our wealth. The time has come for us to rise, educate one another and unite to fight our biggest common enemy. The politicians are our enemies and not the poor struggling men and women in our neighbourhoods.

What now will the people of Mubi boast about as the gain of having their son as the chief of Defence Staff? If you go to Otueke where Jonathan comes from, there are many people who live in excruciating poverty! There is still a lot of poverty and suffering in the home towns of all our governors, ministers, parliamentarians and former presidents, while they and their families live in scandalous affluence. The minister of petroleum spent over 10 billion Naira on a private jet. That money can end the poverty of several communities in her state. Stella Oduah bought two cars with 120 million Naira while there are people in her home town who can't afford 500 Naira to feed their family in a day. The time to throw away the sentiments is now! Support only a man or woman who has a just heart and will serve everyone and every community regardless of if they come from there or not. The moment anyone begins to talk to you about religion or ethnicity, reject him summarily! We need leaders who will unite us because our shared humanity is greater than any differences between us. And if someone does something wrong or fails in governance, do not support them simply because they're your own. Share the message.

God bless u my sis, ur write up is thought provoking, only if Nigerians will reason with der brains and nt sentimental for once.

Tranquill:
Do you really have to call yourself mumu to make your point? Someone wants to be my president and you feel his conducts and lifestyle shouldn't be my business?

U are a bigger mumu for re-quoting me. When has someone private life bcom ur headache. Pot calling kettle black, can u claim in urlife time u had jst one bf/gf rather than castigating anoda. For ur information leadership is more than that. U can kip ur vote to itself. Buhari all the way. Haterzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

[quote author=Tranquill post=27732336]I thought his late daughter was in her mid 40s which means he has older wives why not you unveil them first. We need a president that keeps a woman that has been with him through thick and thin no matter the inadequecies as thats a sign of honour.


And wats ur business with dat. Always trying to fault tinx. Mumu

Bobskylo:
hw did u applied pls send me d link

go to: www.diageo-careers.com
then click on search n apply. On getting to the jobs opening in tabular form backdate to Oct.21 for the sales job in Nigeria. Hurry I heard it closes Nov. 5th

I just applied this morning,closing 5th Nov.

Kim...., karda...?

Pls wat is Zadok?

Utchgirl:
who cares?

Haterzzzzz....

Omo wahala dey oooo, lwkmd

Pls close ur cleavage gal, looks as if soldier ants are on rampage on ur chest fighting over sugar or ice cream... Lol

[quote author=FreeGlobe post=27275795]2003, 2007, 2011, 2015.......... 2019

AP, ANPP, CPC, APC,

Why is Buhari preventing any opposition from fielding a formidable presidential candidate when he knows quite well he cannot win presidential election in Nigeria. I'm beginning to think this is all a set up.







Why does that name Buhari always scare the hell out of u guys. As a Nigerian he has the right to contest. U either vote for him or let him be. After all comedian/artiste are contesting now. So let the man be

Madness

Reminiscing...

Jagun is a colossus. I also rmemba his other crew like " KUTELU and EPO KINKIN". Rip sir

Ok ooo...

Good post

clemz88:
Me too. Does dat mean we are qualified for the test. And it also seem to me that every body dat applied got the same message

Sincerly i don't knw what people like u always mean by " everybody that applied got the invite msg". Do u expect them to invite only u or wat. Maybe u are afraid that the more the applicants the slimmer ur own chance. Sometimes back i wrote peak milk test wit ova 4000 applicatnts and i made it to the final round bt couldn't get the job due to man knw man. So believe in ur brain and don't get chickened out early due to population in any recruitment exercise. Earnestly waiting for workforce on my UAC recruitment, it is well wit my soul. Peace out.....

Story for the gods....

Story for the gods........

Nice post

Famouspecky:
Yoruba with fear, This just reminds me about my Yoruba friend during jos crisis.

Not all yoruba's pls. Rememba general Adekunle Fajuyi ,general Alabi Isama and general Benjamin Adekunle de black scorpion. That officer in question is just a mofo.

Hmmmm

Nice post...

Nice

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Good...

Don't know hw true this is, in Yoruba land. A male concubine must never die in his female concubine house especially if she is married to another man. As in a man servicing the wife of another man in the house of the real husband and he dies there. His corpse must be thrown out from the window to avoid mysterious death in that male concubine lineage.

We all luv cutting corners, and we para-phrase this " where man dey work, na der he they chop, that's why we called it workshop". And funnily we still give testimonies of hw good God is to us. Sincerly are we all guilty of one sharp practice or the other,pls lets be honest. Its just a survival strategy. No wonder GEJ said corruption is not stealing, or wat do u guys tink.

haytihem: Is it only for indigines?

Lagos is not a tribalistic state, that I can tell u.Enof eastern n notherner on Lagos govt. payroll. Bt as employment tinz in naija, good connection ain't a bad idea.Everything na man know for Nigeria....

yemigzy: what ya mean bro

he meant 108 pages already. This thread will surely surpass 120 pages. Lol

aycom598: have been so disturbed about this for long because have been noticing it,have been to so many state in this country but what i discover is that every filling station have seen there is always a mosque.my question now is does it mean that every filling station is owned by a muslim? pls i need ur coment and contribution on this

op don't be disturbed unnecessarily. From ur write up I know u are islamophobic,we Muslims can't islamise Nigeria, this country is a secular society so dnt get urself worked up. Back to ur issue, u may be rightly observant to see mosques in gas stations bt I think its so evident right from kogi state n up north. Probably u stay in the north, they just used the mosque to encourage travelers to observe their solat while refuelling or anybody who wants to pray. But down south here, its not evident, wat u see here is supermarket, the lube n vehicle alignment centre. Hope ur mind is settled now.lol

PastorKun: It's a fact that most muslims hate boko haram because apart from the fact that boko haram are also giving Islam a bad image because of the atrocities they commit in the name of Islam. However boko haram, ISIS and other extremists groups claim that they are the true muslims and that moderate muslims like you are hypocrites. They justify their actions quoting instructions from the quoran such as quoran 8:39 and 9:28-30.

They also sight the example of Mohammed who led several battles to forcefully convert people to Islam(Jihad). They claim to be following in the foot steps of Mohammed who is the perfect example for all muslims. How do you explain or reconcile this?

Don't mind those boko bastard. The op has said it, the jst av hatred for anything west and invariably Christianity. And this madness of hatred started from the isreali/palestinian brohaha in the early 1920's. Final note, they are jst qouting our holy prophet( peace be upon him) out of context. Try engage moderate Islamic clerics on all the battles the prophet fought and u will c they are all DEFENSIVE BATTLES and not OPPRESSIVE BATTLES, u will naturally discern this wen u read the stories urself with open mind. I hate bokos

kolgs: There is no much calculation on marketing, just marketing questions. Just finished mine now. But something surprised me today , I met a guy writing for someone, he told me he wrote for someone in ikorodu before coming to lag. He z he changed the passport while printing out. I was even thinking he was just faking it until he received a call from the lady he went to write for in ikorodu. Anyuow best of luck to us all.

that guy u saw is the most stupid being av eva seen,for writing for someone. As he forgotten our biometrics were taken b4 going to the hall to write d test? Does he tink workforce are illiterates? Wen we get to Odunlami(uac) head office by the special grace of God, those biometrics will be usd to detect scammers plus our initial data we submitted durin application. If the lady in question is wise she better steer clear bcs at that official level, ehh jail tinz on my mind ooo. Bcs this recruitment has been a stressful one for all stakeholders. My two cents oooo.