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Ife

Anambralstson:
Bitter soul why are you killing yourself over Onitsha port, it's not about having the largest port it's utilization by the indigenous people, Onitsha doesn't have airport and seaport yet they host largest importers and biggest market in West Africa and home of indigenous industrialists in Nigeria, talkmore of when port in the commercial and industrial city is functional, we understand you guys fear, how many of your people are using the existing port in Lagos

Angling for the largest canoe port

Blackeuropean:
Have a decorum in public forum, good day kid.

Tell that to your kids but also tell them to come prepared for a public brawl or they should put up and hush up

Blackeuropean:
How you managed to bring Yoruba into this amazes me, this will lead to other tribal bigots coming to derail this peaceful thread.

Just make your point and drop your finger.

Won it for Africa

Try and grow a few brain cells.

Atouke:
His mom Bose is yoruba his dad from Ahoada rivers state. Burna boys middle name is Egbonoluwa. Hence oluwa burna

Ebunoluwa

He pained me for Oluwa Burna. But our Yoruba cousin won it for Africa. So it's all good

ChyzumHills:
You lack sense

All you wish is the South South saying NO, they don't need Seaport because the Igbo will use it.


They will ask you if the Igbos have stolen the seaport in Lagos,

Identity grabber from the land of the beast

ChyzumHills:
Zombie
This is about real geography, not Nigerian geopolitical zone.

South South doesn't exist in geography.

Omo Nna wan thief Niger Delta ports

GTFO

Ugwu oxygen

Every African American is a West African by extension. He is not the first

The Nigerian music industry has witnessed exponential growth over the years and with this growth has come a rising hunger for international visibility and dominance.

Over the years, different Nigerian artistes have promised to bring home a Grammy award as the prestigious award is considered music’s highest recognition.

From Skales, Terry Apala, Vic O, 9ice and Blackmagic are some of those who have promised but failed to deliver a Grammy to Nigerians.

African Giant, Burna Boy is the latest Nigerian music act to be saddled with the responsibility of bringing home the honour. Although he didn’t promise fans a Grammy, music lovers all over Africa rejoiced when the “Killin Dem” hit maker scored a Grammy nomination.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences that oversees the Grammy Awards released its 2020 Grammy awards nominees and Burna Boy got a nod thanks to his “African Giant” album under the “World Music Album” category. The singer is nominated alongside other music stars like Altin Gün for “Gece”, Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley for “What Heat”, Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet for “Fanm D’ayiti” and Angelique Kidjo for “Celia”.

A win by Burna Boy would no doubt be a win for African music as a whole but while we eagerly await the 2020 Grammy awards scheduled to take place at the Staples Centre on February 26, here is a list of other Nigerians who have won a Grammy award in the past.

Sikiru Adepoju


Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist and plays primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles. He first won a Grammy in 1991 as a part of Mickey Hart’s group Planet Drum, whose title album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album. That was the first time there was a Grammy in that category. He won again on 8 February 2009 as a part of Mickey Hart’s latest group Global Drum Project, whose title album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (Seal)

Born Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel in 1963, he is better known by his professional name Seal. He is a British-Nigerian musician, singer and songwriter best known for his 1994 hit song, “Kiss from a Rose.” He has 14 Grammy nominations to his name and has won four. His song, “Kiss From A Rose” earned him three Grammy awards in 1996 and in 2011 he nabbed his fourth “Imagine”. He holds one of the highest numbers of Grammy awards by a Nigerian.

Helen Folasade Adu (Sade Adu)

Born in Ibadan as Helen Folasade Adu in 1959 but professionally known as Sade Adu, the singer, songwriter cum actress grew up in Essex, England. She is known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. She holds the title of the first artiste of Nigerian origin to win the prestigious award. Her first Grammy was in 1986 for “Best New Artist” then another followed in 1994 with “No Ordinary Love” for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals. She earned her third Grammy in 2002 with “Lovers Rock” in the Best Pop Vocal Album and bagged her fourth in 2011 with “Soldier of Love” for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.

Lekan Babalola


Born in 1960, Lekan Babalola is a Nigerian jazz percussionist and musician who started playing the conga at an early age. He has seven albums to his name and two Grammy awards. He began his professional career after joining a band called Samba Samba Band and later New York City-based Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers band, where he perfected playing the Bongo drums and performing jazz music. In 2006, he became Nigeria’s first Grammy Award winner for his work on Ali Farka Touré‘s In the Heart of the Moon which he was credited in three tracks. He also won a second Grammy in 2009 for his work on Cassandra Wilson‘s 2008 album titled Loverly.

Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire)

Born Hakeem Seriki but professionally known as Chamillionaire, he is a rapper, entrepreneur, and investor. Chamillionaire was born to a Muslim Nigerian father and an African-American Christian mother in Washington D.C. and moved to Houston, Texas at the age of four. He clinched a Grammy in 2007 for his song, “Riddin’ under the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category. He received a tota of four nominations that year.

Kevin Olusola


Kevin Olusola was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Nigerian father Oluwole Olusola and Grenadian-born Curline Paul. Olusola is a musician, beatboxer, cellist, rapper, record producer, singer, and songwriter best known as the beatboxer of the vocal band Pentatonix. He has three Grammy awards to his name. On February 8, 2015, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the “Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a cappella” category for their song “Daft Punk”, a medley of songs by Daft Punk. On February 15, 2016, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the same category, this time for “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from their “That’s Christmas to Me” album. On February 12, 2017, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the “Best Country duo/group performance” category for “Jolene” which featured Dolly Parton.

Honourable mentions of Nigerians artists who have received Grammy nods include King Sunny Ade who is the first to ever receive a nomination in 1983. Femi Kuti has four nominations to his name and Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie-Ngozi also has a nomination thanks to her feature on Beyonce’s 2015 album


https://m.guardian.ng/life/six-nigerians-that-have-won-grammy-awards/


Good luck to Oluwa Burna and Tyler Gregory Okonma (Tyler the creator)

Anambralstson:
River Niger can take bigger vessels if dredge, but what they are planning for now is transloading from bigger vessel to container barges via warri port, but if Nigeria cease to exist North and East might agree to dredge River Niger or east might dredge their own section which is more closer to ocean


Below are the kind of container barges that will be calling in Onitsha port and Baro port for now, they carry large number of containers

Nice wishlist bro

Anambralstson:
River Niger waterways is more important to North than anything, because that's the only water body that link North to Atlantic Ocean, if Nigeria cease to exist River Niger will be international waterways by international law, Baro port can't function without Onitsha port, both ports are ready to be operational soon, PMB recently appointed Nnewi man as the new head of NIWA, he understand importance of Onitsha river port to us, Onitsha River port is 100% ready, same as Baro port, federal government is constructing major road to Baro in Niger state both ports will be commission soon.

Below is Onitsha port

River Niger can't take vessels

Anambralstson:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/eastern-ports-revival-how-npa-hull-blyth-maerskline-others-are-pulling-through/

South South ports not "Eastern" ports.

No such thing as Eastern ports

He should be commended. That's the way forward for Northern Nigeria and the country in whole

Bulleye:
Let me start this write-up by repeating what we all know: The present Yoruba political elite led by Tinubu are all prey of the northern political establishment. With this background I begin pouring my thoughts out.
When Amotekun was launched the northern political machinery was put in action to attack and intimidate the Yoruba. Unfortunately Yoruba political representatives as represented by Tinubu killed it and packaged something else. What Yoruba will get after the meeting with Osibanjo will make Yoruba regret supporting their governors to support the setting up of Amotekun.
That Tinubu press release has killed the original Amotekun. What Yoruba will be offered now is the opposite of Amotekun: a monster that will torment the Yoruba and reinforce the grip of Arewa on the security forces. It would have been better for Yoruba not to have toyed with the idea of setting up Amotekun at all. However Tinubu will pay for the betrayal of Yoruba to set up a security outfit to safeguard their land and lives. So this moronic Tinubu does not know he has shot himself in the foot with this action of his. Who trusts a man who betrays his people. Tinubu right now belongs neither to the Yoruba nor the hegemonic Arewa: he is a canon folder to both sides. If he is wise he should prepare for the worst and write his will: his fate will be worse than that of Afonja and Abiola combined. Tinubu's golden era has passed.
Now to the Arewa supremacists who believe Nigeria is their inheritance : Amotekun should be an opener that once the Yoruba people are fed up they will damn the consequences. Arewa should prepare for Nigeria's break up. It cannot be stopped and the earlier they accept this fact the better for them. The more they delay the greater the catastrophe will be. As the second hand of the clock ticks so the catastrophe awaiting Nigeria exponentially increases. It is not a matter of if Nigeria will break but it is a question of when.
Now to the attorney general of the federation and Arewa supremacists that are quoting laws and sections of the Nigerian constitution that make Amotekun unconstitutional. Buhari's attention was drawn and is still being drawn to the federal character act. What has been his response so far? Can the attorney general and his Arewa supremacists answer the question? Miyetti Allah has become a republic within a republic with no action from the attorney general and Arewa supremacists. Living in denial never drives a crisis away. Buhari's present administration is treasonable by it's actions and inactions and has has therefore lost legitimacy.
Let the Yoruba go back to the drawing board again because Amotekun has been compromised and should therefore be rejected. They should start another initiative that should exclude Tinubu and his gang. And the Arewa supremacists should prepare for eventuality because there is too much blood in their hands and they can never stop the break up of Nigeria. They have just two options before them: restructuring which is peaceful as demonstrated through the peaceful formation of Amotekun by the Yoruba or violence as executed by the Igbo through the decline of war on Nigeria. No middle ground.

Osu

Izzit ya Amotekun?

Arrewa:
The reason why we no longer want this one Nigeria... We have had enough of you guys and we have our own oil in 3 different locations with one bauchi being discovered... We have land...we have populations... We have livestock so what else do a nation need that we done have?

Then get the eff outta here.

Who wants to be in the same contraption with religious zealots with no culture of intellectual achievements or zeal for living and enjoying life.

The 90% poverty rate in Zamfara alone is depressing. That entire region up North is the poverty ground zero of the world.

Otawike ko, Otapiapia ni

Why do you keep posting this one dude like he's some authority on anything?

somehow:
Wasted time

Can you reply with substance or at least pretend that you have something upstairs?

BrownRoofRep:
If you mean Abdulsalami Abubakar - he is a Gwari.
If you mean the current governor of Kwara State he is a Fulani.
Kwankwaso was just a governor.

The fact remains that no Hausa has ever ruled Nigeria.

Kwara governor is 100% Yoruba. Stop making stuff up. Even the past one is Yoruba



https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/03/06/oba-of-ilorin-will-emerge-under-abdulrazaq-as-kwara-gov-says-cleric/

Military has no such rights.

freelansa:
The National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Saleh Alhassan has stated that the Yoruba people are the most primitive in terms of political culture.

Alhassan stated this while speaking on Channels TV's Sunrise Daily where he accused the Southwest of hate speech.

"Look at their hate speech. Somebody like Femi Fani-Kayode, go to his page to see what he's writing about the Fulani people", he said.

When asked if he was trying to blackmail the Southwest when he told them to scrap Operation Amotekun or forget their 2023 presidential ambition, he said, "It is not a blackmail".

"Unfortunately with very strong apology to my Southwest Yoruba friends. Despite the education of the Yoruba people, they still remain the most primitive in terms of political culture. They are not tolerant to opposition", he added.

Video HERE: https://www.facebook.com/1516216357/posts/10214838381502530/

https://mynigeria.com/NigeriaHomePage/NewsArchive/Yoruba-people-are-the-most-primitive-politically-Miyetti-Allah-338482

He has mad cow disease

fulanimafia:
Is that why they keep politically outsmarting and dominating you?

Is that why they're the most dominant ethnic group on the Forbes list (BUA, Dangote)

Is that why they are militarily superior than your own group?

Is that why they've been creating wealth since the 19th century (Dantata n Co.) when you were still roaming the bushes and making dishes out of each other?

Whether you like or or not, the Hausa and Fulani are now so intertwined that we are one united people. It is your headache who rules whom the more. Our unity is our strength and your weakness & nemesis so it's no surprise you are suddenly so obsessed with the great Fulanis.

Your wails, our entertainment

Is that why they are the poverty capital of the entire world? You are celebrating income inequality and terrible outcomes for the entire group that are average destitutes with 80% extreme poverty. Picking a few rich folks while the majority rot away with religion used to bait them is nothing to be proud of.

Quality of life is the worst in the entire world

somehow:
And where in Nigeria is heaven? Not here for petty discourse.

Is this about being in heaven for effs sakes. 80% poverty means the people are mostly destitute unlike average 20% poverty you see in places like the SW.

You should be ashamed. You all have nothing to live for and a culture that embraces misery.

somehow:
While I find your post enlightening, I would like to let you know that there is nothing like "Fulani hegemony', the north did what we call "division of labor" or "specialization". The major tribes have specialization and they use this well.

Elites are into politics and business
Middle class into education and religious brainwashing
Lower class into acting out for the other 2 and doing the main physical fight.

The north has more than 100 languages and tribes, they all thrive in their strengths. It will take the south to stop fighting each other to understand what unity can achieve.

Regional government is the key
Before anything else.

Whatever you posted achieved an average poverty rate of 80% up North


Spectacle or eye sore. You take your pick

BabaRamota1980:
Who would have thought that Saraki political dynasty could be displaced in Kwara?

Who could have thought that a day shall come when TY Danjuma would call for separation of powers in North?

Life is dynamic! Nothing is impossible if man puts his mind to it.

The fulani throne in Ilorin has been tested many times enough that even the Emir himself is afraid of Yorubas and unlike during military rule when he was always touting his fulani pride, it is different under civilian, he is more willing now ro be seen as Yoruba than as fulani. He himself recognizes it wont be too long before a drive started many years ago in the 60s will soon come to fruition and Emirate of Ilorin will be permanently and forever sacked.

Like i told OP, this idea will not happen tomorrow...but is a very good and solid idea. I like it being a pressure, a trigger button that can be manipulated and used to shift-shaft North in any direction South would want to cause restlessness and distrust amongs its leadership.

Dont you see what happened in Kano Emirate? A distrust and restlessness that will spread to other Emirates.

Man can make anything come true if he puts his mind to it and stay persistent.

The Emir of Ilorin was trembling during Otoge. Trying all his best to redirect the ire only to Sarakis. The conscious Yorubas in Ilorin know that the power shift has happened. They now have emboldened elected representatives not subject to the wishes of the decoration on the stool (Emir)

shariff84:
We hausas,we see ourselves with Fulani as the same,we mostly don't care about what Fulani has become in Hausa.In a nutshell,we see ourselves as brothers just as the way Yoruba Muslims and Christians are.let me tell you one thing that you don't know,in the north we value religion more than anything. Onces you are muslem then we see yourself the same.in the north we have a lot of tribe not only Hausa Fulani almost about 100 tribe but we mostly spoke Hausa as our general language.Also, among this 100tribe onces you are muslem then we see ourselves one!

In the version of religious dogma you all assumed. The Fulani is designed to rule over you and you are supposed to be their perpetual subjects.

Where did Mohammed ever propagate that rule?

More like aerial photograph of Onitsha