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samstradam: You tried, but there are too many historical inaccuracies in your writeup coupled with astonishingly libelous use of quotation marks (false misleading quotes).

In short brother, keep your day job.

serious when people dont recon with the truth then it kills

Obafemi Awolowo is the undisputed hero of the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria whose wartime policy of starvation and currency change helped kill the Biafran dream. The post colonial era of Nigerian history was dominated by three actors, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello. Dr Azikiwe was an avowed nationalist who

preferred one Nigeria above anything else. Sir Ahmadu Bello was a tribalist who initially preferred a balkanized Nigeria to enable his people live their religious and cultural life without external negative inluence and was later reluctantly convinced to seek an agenda for a united Nigeria. Chief Obafemi Awolowo from the onset did not hide his preference for an Oduduwa Republic.

Chief Awolowo is idolized by the Yorubas because he was able to transform the South West into an educational and industrial hub in Africa and build a robust political climate. He so much understood the value of education that he made it free, affordable and offered a lot of scholarships to Yorubas to advance academically to the highest level. He ran a political system in Action Group whereby people have their say while the leader has his way. This is the system Bola Tinubu is unsuccessfully trying to emulate in Action Congress of Nigeria.

Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, a core nationalist, never received the level of hero worship Awolowo received in the South West because Igbos severally accuses him of not taking them out of Nigeria when Chief Awolowo and Sir Ahmadu Bello were angling for a balkanized nation. Chief Awolowo was the sage whose idea ended the Nigerian civil war. He advised the Gowon Cabinet to block all food supply to Biafra so as to end the war quickly and according to him ‘’ starvation is a legitimate instrument of war’’ This led to the starvation of over one million Biafran children. Thus Awolowo’s advice and actions led to the quick end to the Biafran dream. Therefore it is right to say that what the entire armed forces of Nigeria could not do, the wisdom of Awolowo did. Chief Awolowo also ensured that every adult Biafran who managed to survive the starvation was given #20 pounds to start life afresh irrespective of amount of money in anyone’s bank account before the war started. Another policy of his which frustrated Biafra’s ability to import food and arms was the change of currency which according to Awolowo ‘’ And it is on record that Ojukwu admitted that two things defeated him in this war, that’s as at the day he left Biafra. He said one, the change of currency, he said that was the first thing that defeated him, and we did that to prevent Ojukwu taking the money which his soldiers has stolen from our Central bank for sale abroad to buy arms…So I decided to change the currency, and for your benefit, it can now be told the whole world, only Gowon knew the day before, the day before the change took place’’.

Chief Awolowo has been variously accused of introducing tribalism into the Nigerian politics. He chased Dr Azikiwe out of the Ibadan in 1954 when the NCNC headed by Azikiwe won majority seats in the West Nigerian House of Assembly and through a palace coup called cross carpeting Zik was denied the Premiership of Western Nigeria, at a time when Professor Eyo Ita, an Efik was premier of Eastern Region and Alhaji Umoru Altine , a Fulani, was Mayor of Enugu. Dr Azikiwe, following the footsteps of Awolowo, had to frustrate Professor Eyo Ita out of Enugu. Chief Awolowo and Sir Ahmadu Bello seems to have a deeper understanding of the Nigerian complexities than Dr Azikiwe.

While Awolowo never trusted the Igbos, the north never trusted Awolowo and theYorubas. The northern oligarchy instigated crisis in Western Nigeria in the same manner President Obasanjo used the Uba brothers to instigate crisis in Anambra State. This crisis led to the trumped up charges leading to the trial and imprisonment of Awolowo . Reports has it that he was to be poisoned in prison before the military coup altered the state of affairs.

Awolowo was released from Calabar prison by Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu and there was an agreement that while Ojukwu declares Biafra in the East, Awolowo would declare Oduduwa Republic in the West. The British establishment, sensing the dangers of Awolowo declaring Oduduwa Republic in the West, convinced Gowon and the north to checkmate Awolowo’s secessionist agenda by appointing him the Vice Chairman of Federal Executive Council. This strategy worked effectively and Awolowo was deceived that after Gowon’s tenure he would be given the opportunity of ruling Nigeria. Awolowo thus had to checkmate the Biafran dream to clear any obstacle to his ruling Nigeria while the north was looking for the right opportunity to throw him into the dustbin. In frustration, Awo resigned from Gowon’s cabinet when he realized he has been politically duped.

Awolowo quashed the Biafran dream while the northern establishment killed the Oduduwa dream and betrayed Awolowo’s presidential ambition thrice. This fact was aptly captured by a prominent Yoruba leader and Nigeria’s former minister of aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode while replying to a boastful statement by another prominent northern leader, Alhaji Usman Farouk on how the north dominated the Yoruba people and conquered the Niger Delta. According to Fani Kayode, ‘’... the north literally begged Awolowo not to declare Oduduwa Republic and go the way of Biafra even though that was his original intention…Fourthly it was the support that the south west gave to the north that allowed Nigeria to win the war. Fifthly it was the lie that Gowon and the northern leaders fed to Awolowo that he would be made President of the country after the war and after being effectively being made de facto Prime Minister under Gowon during the war that got Awolowo to support them’’, invariably, the Igbos and Yorubas were effectively dribbled, divided, manipulated and overpowered.

The ascension of Awolowo's kinsman Obasanjo as Head of State was another opportunity for him to realize his dream of ruling Nigeria. The 1979 election result was decided in the infamous judgement where the Supreme Court refused Awolowo’s plea that 2/3 of 19 is 13 states therefore declaring Alhaji Shehu Shagari the winner of the election. The north led by Generals Shehu Yaradua and Theophilus Danjuma convinced Obasanjo on why Awolowo should never be the president of Nigeria. Therefore, instead of a runoff election, which some believe could favour Awolowo,the Supreme Court declared Alhaji Shehu Shagari the winner.
Chief MKO Abiola at one point was used by the northern dominated NPN to oppose the presidential ambitions of Awolowo . He used his Nigerian Concord newspaper and enormous wealth to fight Awolowo and UPN and when they finished using him to deal with Awolowo, they frustrated Abiola's presidential ambition and he had to resign from the party in 1982. Alhaji Umaru Dikko, then transport minister, sent message to Abiola that the presidency is not for sale to the highest bidder. When Babangida annulled the election of Abiola in 1993, Yorubas alluded to a certain curse Awolowo released on Abiola, in the heat of the later's opposition to his presidency ‘’that even if Abiola was to be given the presidential seat, he would not sit on it.''
In 1999, after the suspicious death of Abiola, the northern establishment sensing that Chief Olu Falae was the choice of the Yoruba people, rigged the polls in favour of Obasanjo . It is obvious that the North had shown evidence of being deadly political strategists than their Yoruba and Igbo compatriots, having used the political suspicion between the duos to dribble them. Conclusively, the north is not as dumb as people assume; they used Awolowo to checkmate Biafra and then dealt with Awolowo and his ambitions.

Obinna Akukwe
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My prayer for most people traveling ... Never to fall a victim of Nigerian embassy in what ever country you may think off , because you would definitely be on your own.. you can imagine when you cant get Nigeria passport from most of embassy , you have to go outside...what i dont support is bring down the flag down , when you aint happy with your country and you see such situations you bring the flag down half way... Nigeria embassy across the world are worst than you can imagine

airtel keee... GLO rules always

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Every Nigeria youth is suppose to watch is movie , because we have being kept captive since 1960 till we standup in one voice to fight this evil men before nigeria becomes what we want our children to see . please watch

People forget History Easily , MJ couldnt have made it alone without roddman , Pippen remember he was in wizard for 6-7 years before he moved to bulls to win championships and this other guard forgotten his name , Like wise Kobe couldnt have made it alone without Shaq , Paul Gasol and fisher .. people make alot of noise , Lebron took the cavs to playoffs alone twice , so i believe he is a better player as far as i am concern .. he has said it all he doesnt care what other people say about him , he got almost everything as a player and also with the kind of legs he has .. MJ is just hating ... LBJ is moving even if he doesnt win championship like MJ he would still be on the hall of fame in years to come. More over Kobe with pride , what cause the fight btw kobe and shaq

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@ jmslimx, Abia state poly is one of the worst institutions I know. It suffers from very poor quality of undergraduates, over-population of students (extremely large student/lecturer ratio) and poor infrastructure. You can hardly see an Abia poly student speak or write English properly. Level of exposure amongst students is very low and 'sorting' of lecturers is commonplace.

You might be right at some extend when you categorize it to departments .. My department was the best of all polytechnic last year and during the period i was in there we where also the best go check computer science department

I am going in look all the money we bringing inn -- the illbliss version is still better

I totally disagree with the writer of this article on basics of 90% , I went to abia state polytechnic and through out my stay in that school , i was even more happier going to a poly than a uni , These are my reasons , i dont think the guy who wrote this article actually did a research on what a polytechnic means and whats the difference between a polytechnic and a university , for Nigeria situation is just about monopoly when it comes to Polytechnic grads and university Grads. When i was in the poly i remembered vividly i use to write project for uniport , unical, uni uyo computer science final year student on there project , Most polytechnic i have visited where also doing good accada wise , so i do advice the guy who wrote this article to go make some research before vomiting a whole lot of jargon.

The lectures whom have lectured me in my own school are highly educated and some of them got PHD and Masters so i dont know what this brother is saying , the real issue is the Equation from the Educational board of Nigeria and the society it self , i am very proud i went to a polytechnic which gave me the privilege to be whom i am today .

In the advance world this is how they see it

Polytechnic vs University

We all know the significance and importance of universities in higher studies. There are universities in all major cities of different countries, but it is too much to expect universities to cater to every section of a population because of resources required. Though, every attempt is made by universities to provide education to students in arts, science, law, commerce, business, engineering and medical streams, it is seen that specialized institutions that are set up for imparting education in a particular stream are somewhat more successful because of centralized processes. This is precisely the reason why we see emergence of polytechnics in various parts of the world, where there is greater emphasis on imparting technical education, and the courses are designed to be more practical than the theory oriented courses in universities. There are many more differences between universities and polytechnics that will be talked about in this article.

In many countries, polytechnics are considered as engineering schools which is only partially correct. These are educational settings that are made use of in imparting practical knowledge and apart from engineering degrees; these centers are used to provide knowledge in applied sciences and industrial arts. This is of great help to students who want a degree or diploma that gets them immediate jobs after completion. There is also a difference in the duration of courses. In universities, courses typically are of longer duration, taking 2-5 years to complete, whereas polytechnics are famous for diplomas and certificates in industrial arts that get completed in 6-12 months and a students gets absorbed in the industry immediately thus, solving the problem of unemployment greatly.

In brief:

Difference Between Polytechnic and University

• Universities are broader in approach, and teach subjects with an emphasis on imparting basic knowledge with a lot of theoretical aspect with a little bit of projects work and lab assignments.

• On the other hand, polytechnics are more practical in their approach, and take up smaller courses that are industry specific and not taught in universities.

• So in addition to engineering degrees, there is a plethora of other courses, diplomas, and certificates that are offered in these polytechnics that are of shorter duration and help students in getting jobs in industries.

Read more: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-polytechnic-and-vs-university/#ixzz2LZIlZcVW

nice write up .. thanks

Dont know what to say , i remember those days when my grandma and i travel from Jos to Umuahia... by rail ... corruption is the major and first Nigeria problem and we are all involved 1 way or the other ...we need to stand and fight this beast in our leaders and every day Nigeria life

Him no dey pay tax now ...why him no go buy 30Mil car ... More over i see Nigerian youths backsliding , We are busy dancing Eti gi ... while other nations are developing human power ... is all music music , you dont hear of the doctors , Engineers , Scientist , Computer Programmers... jst Music .. i wonder if music grows a society .. Anyway buying ASTM shouldn't be this dudes priority .. I jst keep weeping for fake ass Nigerian Musicians ... this guys aint saying the real thing... dont drink and drive sha

be like say one of her breast big pass one...abi na only me dey see am

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Were to watch AFCON LIVE PLS

talk2hb1: this is a Photoshop work naah!!!!!!!!

it is not photoshop i saw it on CNN and i have read about it before it came public , the thing abt this kind of technology is , they inventors would be on big pay roll and only to sell it to other specific country military like Israel and south Korea

What baffles me about this scam shit is ... Whites do the most advance scam .. the Nigeria scam is just in the fore front , Goto Romania , Russia , Eastern EU, North Africa , Iran , Vietnam , China and Even the UK there own citizens practices perfect hoax with Botnet and malware to steal from peeps. But because of the image our damn government has laid on ground that's why BBC airs what ever they want . Yes i am not saying this scams do not exist but they way they take it is like everything Nigeria is scam... I have seen a situation a Ghanian claiming to be a Nigeria when he was caught in the act same goes to Cameroonians.. I am in the IT Security Industry and there are a lot going on underground .. still BBC says shit about Nigeria.. Na Thunder go fire una

ooooook na my own be this ooo

KIM = Brazilian Hair
Yvo = Indian Hair.....chocolate is always sexy......abegiii

0lumide: Goldman Sachs? Olusegun Agagu's legacy of fraud? Is telling us Nigeria will be blah blah by 2020? lmao!! God dey oo, God dey!!!

With the current situation, our GDP is increasing while our standard of living is deteriorating. You know why? Because our infrastructural growth isn't matching the GDP and you know why? Corruption!!!!

KILL ALL THE CURRENT POLITICIANS NOW!!!! ACN O, PDP OO, ANPP OO, AGIPA OO, CPC OO, ALL OF THEM... Assemble them in the confluence state and shed their blood, feed their carcass to wild beasts, kill those beasts, vapourize the beasts' bodies, trap the vapour in a gas tube and send the tube out of space...

I support .. My view 2 major things killing our country and Youths is Religion and Tribe . We need a revolution that the army could be on our side because most of the once who are willing to support the revolution are being sacked or compulsory retirement .. This men need to be KILLED... for this country to go forward

virgin_vampire: U can build an economy on all dos singing and dancing...we need more scientists,economists,doctirs,researchers etc etc not just all dis....

Thank you brother , i have said this also

Nigeria , Every Morning with different stories but no changes...

30 years ago, we have functional post office.
30 years ago, we have functional forest police.
30 years ago, we have functional animal inspectors.
30 years ago, we have manageable electricity.
30 years ago, we have functional running water.
30 years ago, we have functional public building inspectors.
30 years ago, we have functional inter region rail services.
30 years ago, Nigeria is ranked top 10 in education.
30 years ago, Nigeria produced a Nobel prize.
30 years ago, we have internationally recognized athletes and entertainers.
30 years ago the Naira was stronger than the US dollar.
30 years ago, Nigeria was No 1 in Palm oil and Cocoa export.
30 years ago, we have functional drivable roads and highways.

20 years ago, we pay less than N20 per liter of petrol.
20 years ago, we have peace and security.

10 years ago till date, there are no improvements upon what we used to have 30 years ago, and there are no efforts made in creating anything new other than the thievery.

common acumen in leadership and creating jobs, reinventing these institutions alone will employ more than one million Nigerians, but it’s all about oil and looting now.

Since 1960 Nigeria has independent, one group of friends has been ruling this country up till today, messing up the nation up and down, i believe it's time to stop this game.

*spending billion of dollars in Lagos-Ibadan express way within three week the road will be mess up.

* Lagos airport spend millions of Naira every year , if you enter there you will see old AC and table fan some of them are not working.

* Nigeria is the only country, that dose not take good care of their citizen, somebody will wake up in his house and fix one law, without the citizen supports, take a look at lagos states and bike issue, transportation in lagos is very high and traffic every were.

* take a look at Nigeria general hospital owns by government, no BED, some doctors are not paid very well, the doctors to attend to sick people urgent na war, very dirty place to be.

* A president or his wife, kids, Governor and e.t.c will sick they will quickly fly overseas to take good care of them self, why dont you as a president buy those equipment over there and put in our hospital here in Nigeria, if the poor is sick and they dont have money to fly overseas they will die but you make use of those poor people and fly ur self overseas to take good care of your self as a president, its too bad.

* All over the world security force are number 1 paid very well, in Nigeria some gateman are paid very well more than our security force, that is the reason why some of them put their hands into deity games just to feed their families.

* those groups of friends run Nigeria since 1960 are the people eating our Oil and Gas funds, no body has power to talk to them because they are on top.

*Nigeria is number 1 richest country in AFRICA and we have nothing to show up, our Government is busy everyday, busy doing nothing.........

* after school, no Job? But the rich folks have there own kid fixed up.

* Nigeria is the only country you will pay for light you don't use, every months your light bills will come, for the pass three months u will not make use of the light or see the light self, so funny.

President Goodluck you are busy shitting down in Abuja, doing nothing there, everyday you will busy, busy doing nothing, you can not stand up as a man and fight boko people, if its obasanjo was the president, who is boko harm? people like Abacha, if you want me to advise you, go and release Al-Mustapha let him work with you and he will you fight those groups of states men and woman who believes Nigeria is owns by them, if you cannot talk to them.

I said my mind, if you like ask your men to come and carry me in my house because i said my mind, i don't care. Prince Hillary

A friend wrote a piece of his mind after discussions abt Nigeria

igbos are they problems of igbos..... Nigeria today is full of greedy ... we eventually want to be what we are not.just to make fame.

for me the civil war is history , same people ruling Nigeria from 1960 are still same people ruling us till date. i goto countries like south Korea , Thailand , Oman , and i am baffled with what this people are archiving , we the youths of this country me inclusive all we do is being tribalistic . We need real change no matter who rules nigeria if corruption is not reduced to 70% the country cant grow.

Its pretty Lame to use Joomla for bank portal...because it would be hacked any moment with 0 day exploits . Diamond bank does , Skype bank does...why cant this guys employ local dudes to design from scratch rather than using some lame open source . Na wa oooo... Money not safe - let me check how safe it is

i have never trusted any of this people...

What ever Achebe said is totally true because my grand dad told me same thing before this book came out. They know they history and if anything he said you find it offensive they should hug a transformer

The fact is Obama wasnt there to attack Romney , Because as a sitting president you know what America is facing ... if i was an American i would vote for Obama straight...there are still more debates the end would justify who is who . Obama did very well as far as i am concern and by the way today or Yesterday is his 20th anniversary so common

WAT D F IS WRONG WITH IS MUSLIM PEOPLE....ATTACKING PEOPLE BUSINESS AND SAY FOR RELIGION...MEN DONT CLOSE TO MINE BECAUSE I AM GONNA Bleep MANY OF U UP>........IF AMERICAN DIDNT BRING TECHNOLOGY I GUESS YOU WONT HEAR ABOUT SOMETHINGS...MUMU PEOPLE WATCH THE FILM BEFORE YOU START PROTESTING HOMOS