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^^^^^^that's what I'm talking about, u go around believing u can slap people as u wish and things like these could easily happen. IT IS A BIG LIE OOO that men would not hit u back, anybody that tells u that is trying to get u killed!!!!

Some women have been misled into believing that women can assault men without repercussions, that a gentleman would never hit a woman. For your own good, please DO NOT try that nonsense. I don't care if u are in the U.S or Nigeria, nobody likes to be embarrassed by another, and sincerely, most men do not know how they would react if assaulted by a woman. He may walk away, return the slap in due measure, take out his belt and flog sense into you, or beat you senseless a la Chris Brown  playing mortal kombat with Rihanna's face.
          See, u never know how a dude would react, even the quiet gentle dude might be the one to go off and take it too far( Chris Brown was an angel till he snapped, for whatever reason). Heck, even the dude doesn't know how he would react, so please lets save all parties involved the headache and restrain  from these violent tendencies.  It is not a sign of courage, or you wouldn't be worrying about the guy retaliating, and we know very well u won't dare slap another woman if you were not prepared for a fight. More than anything else, it's absolutely unladylike and there are many other ways to express your displeasure while keeping your dignity intact.

As part of my initial response to this topic, I posted this interview(below). So far, people have argued about how Awolowo got transferred to the prison in the East, and how/who released him from prison. No one has disputed that the Igbo went out of their way to ensure his comfort and that of his family during his trying period. Not only did MI Okpara and others persuade an Igbo man to vacate his house so that Awolowo could stay there at night, instead of in the prison, his wife was put on a minister's salary and given allowances by the Eastern Nigerian government. These are gestures only extended to a friend in need, and with that in mind, why do people balk at the idea that the Igbo worked to have Awolowo transferred out of prison in the north to the East?
    How about the corruption and incredible greed on display, on Awolowo's part, in demanding two million pounds bribe to offer assistance to a people just emerging from a war in which they lost all they owned? How do we reconcile how the Igbo treated Awolowo in his time of need, to his attitude towards the Igbo during and after the war?

Interview:

A member of Nigeria's first republic Federal cabinet, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi have accused the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo of ingratitude to the Igbos immediately after the Nigerian civil war.

In an interview granted to a Nigerian national weekly, "The Nation On Sunday" and monitored by chidi opara reports, Chief Amaechi recounted how Igbo leaders immediately after the civil war sent a delegation to Chief Awolowo, who was the Minister of Finance and Vice-chairman of the Federal Executive Council, to help the Igbos recover their landed properties seized by the Federal government in Port Harcourt and other major townships.

The reason for sending the delegation, according to the 81-year-old first republic Minister of Aviation was that when Chief Awolowo was sent to prison in Calabar, which was part of Eastern Nigeria by the Federal administration of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1962, the Eastern Nigerian government led by Dr. M.I Okpara, an Igbo, in collaboration with other Igbo leaders persuaded an Igbo landed property owner to vacate his property near the Calabar prisons for the imprisoned politician. Chief Awolowo, according to Chief Amaechi stayed in the prison in daytime and in the property at night, The ex-zikist also revealed that the Eastern Nigerian government placed Chief Awolowo's wife on a Minister's salary, allowances and other benefits.

"So we thought he would remember these things, a delegation was sent to him because he was in charge of Finance and Vice-chairman of the Federal Executive Council", Chief Amaechi told the weekly. The former anti-colonial activist continued, "he said, you know I am a lawyer. I have a chamber at Apapa. If you want me to help you in the matter, go and pay a sum of two million pounds into my chamber at Apapa and bring the receipt to me". "And the Igbos who were given only twenty pounds, where would they collect and assemble two million pounds at that time in 1970?", the elder statesman queried.

Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi revealed further that in frustration, the delegation left. He described Chief Obafemi Awolowo's action as "the height of ingratitude to a people who gave him succour at his crisis period."

"Adam was to subdue God’s creation and he was to have dominion over God’s creatures. In his role of subduing and dominion he was to operate with the utmost respect for God. He was to deal justly in all roles. He was to act responsibly. In a word, Adam was to be righteous.
God created him in righteousness and Adam was to function righteously. In order to function righteously there needs to be a code of ethics. There needs to be a rule of Law for any kind of righteousness to exist. And so Adam was to rule God’s creation according to God’s righteousness. Which is to say that he was to rule according to God’s Law, which is an expression of God’s righteous character.
Adam wasn’t to make it up as he went along. He was created in God’s image with a true knowledge of God. So, it’s not hard to see that Adam was created with God’s Law written on his heart, as we say. Adam knew right from wrong in that he knew true from false. He could tell the difference between what is real and what is fake.
He didn’t know good and evil experientially. But he knew that good was doing God’s will, and evil was going against it. He knew it was right to believe God and accept everything He said as truth. He knew it as wrong to disobey God, for that would be to go against what is true. It would be to believe the lie instead of the truth. So, everything about Adam was righteous.
He willingly did everything according to the will of God. He had a righteous knowledge of God, a righteous knowledge of God’s creation. And he had a righteous knowledge of himself and the rest of mankind (at that time, his wife)."

@Relax101 :

http://chidioparareports..com/2011/01/news-report-chief-obafemi-awolowo-was.html

http://www.eslnetworld.com/webpages/politics/2010/apr/26/politics-26-04-2010-002.htm

@chinenyeN Onye ike, i bu madu!

-@PhysicsQED Indeed, you are right that Gowon ordered his release. I had the impression that he was released after Biafra was declared, but that is not the case as he was released Aug 03 66'. Ok, I'm not quite sure of the state of the nation at that time.

- Nobody said the Easterners transferred him to Calabar. At least I did not say so here.

I'm sure the Yoruba have their reasons for holding Awolowo in such high regards, but his attitude towards other Nigerians left very little to be admired about the man. I believe he saw everything through a tribal lens, unfortunately, and other Nigerians could see this clearly. He came off as someone who was too desperate for power, and would readily compromise whatever moral standings he had, to achieve power. He fell out of favor with the North, and was thrown into prison by Tafawa Balewa for allegedly planning a coup in 1962 (I think), but the Igbo were not pleased with what seemed like northern interference in southern politics, given the support Akintola enjoyed from the North. For all they knew, the east could be next. With Awolowo in prison, Akintola as the new premier decided to conduct elections, to strengthen his party's hold in the region, so Dr. M.I Okpara, the premier of the eastern region sent the renowned Journalist, Mazi UKonu from Enugu to counter the expected announcement of falsified results from Akintolas camp. Ukonu risked his life, sneaking out from the location where all the journalists were required to stay and announce the rigged resuts provided by Akintola's camp. He set up in Awolowo's house (in his library), from where he broadcast all the results of the election as provided to him by the Action Group(AG) field agents. Meanwhile Akintola's loyalists combed all of Ibadan looking for the source of the broadcast, but Ukonu, who was with Wole Soyinka in Awolowo's house, managed to escape back to the east when it was all said and done. The AG carried the day.
     Read the excerpt below, as narrated by a Nigerian First Republic minister, as to how the Igbo looked out for Awolowo's interest while he was imprisoned, as he was regarded as the true leader of the Yoruba, and a victim of northern conspiracy. Also read his response to the plight of the Igbo after the civil war. Lest we forget, Ojukwu released him from prison, where he was languishing and met with him, according him all the respect he deserved, but he reciprocated all this by quickly joining Gowon's cabinet, and doing all he could during the war, to prove his allegiance to the north by spiting the Igbo at any chance he had.

Interview:

A member of Nigeria's first republic Federal cabinet, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi have accused the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo of ingratitude to the Igbos immediately after the Nigerian civil war.

In an interview granted to a Nigerian national weekly, "The Nation On Sunday" and monitored by chidi opara reports, Chief Amaechi recounted how Igbo leaders immediately after the civil war sent a delegation to Chief Awolowo, who was the Minister of Finance and Vice-chairman of the Federal Executive Council, to help the Igbos recover their landed properties seized by the Federal government in Port Harcourt and other major townships.

The reason for sending the delegation, according to the 81-year-old first republic Minister of Aviation was that when Chief Awolowo was sent to prison in Calabar, which was part of Eastern Nigeria by the Federal administration of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1962, the Eastern Nigerian government led by Dr. M.I Okpara, an Igbo, in collaboration with other Igbo leaders persuaded an Igbo landed property owner to vacate his property near the Calabar prisons for the imprisoned politician. Chief Awolowo, according to Chief Amaechi stayed in the prison in daytime and in the property at night, The ex-zikist also revealed that the Eastern Nigerian government placed Chief Awolowo's wife on a Minister's salary, allowances and other benefits.

"So we thought he would remember these things, a delegation was sent to him because he was in charge of Finance and Vice-chairman of the Federal Executive Council", Chief Amaechi told the weekly. The former anti-colonial activist continued, "he said, you know I am a lawyer. I have a chamber at Apapa. If you want me to help you in the matter, go and pay a sum of two million pounds into my chamber at Apapa and bring the receipt to me". "And the Igbos who were given only twenty pounds, where would they collect and assemble two million pounds at that time in 1970?", the elder statesman queried.

Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi revealed further that in frustration, the delegation left. He described Chief Obafemi Awolowo's action as "the height of ingratitude to a people who gave him succour at his crisis period."

Hia! Lekwa nu ndi ofe-mmanu na anya ukwu. Ndi ke anyi si la iberibe bu oria!!!!

I guess, it's a matter of where u came up, cos I've NEVER heard of Ofada rice till now. I'm familiar with Abakiliki rice though.

Can't remember where I read this information, but I was surprised to learn that the same international banks that were lending money to the allied forces to prosecute WW2 were also lending money to the Germans.

My good ol' Abia state is very well known, for some awesome things and a host of unsavory reasons:

-Aba made merchandise: Not necessarily a bad thing if given the proper support from government to make original brands.

- Legendary Aba crime.

- Kidnapping: Even Mexicans talk say we take am too far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Orji Uzor Kalu: Such a noise maker, brought us unnecessary attention.

Orji Uzor Kalu's mother: Anyi atala ahuhu okpoo!

-Osisi ka Nkwu: RIP

-Bakassi boys: Our little gift to the South East, turned rogues.

- TA Orji: No comment.

- The Abia 5: Bunch of h.orny guys that just had to make a s.ex t.a.pe!!!! Guyz, for real

- PPA: Whatever happened to this little experiment?

At least, Enyimba FC still dey make small noise. We have had our spectacular moments, and there's loads of potential. So Hope dey.!!!!!

This is my understanding of the whole saga:

Everything that has transpired, including the creation of man, is geared towards the VINDICATION OF GOD's CHARACTER. God knew that man would sin, but he created him with free will, knowing that ultimately some of us would embrace HIM, and some of us would reject HIM. We, humanity, are the JURORS in this case between GOD and the DEVIL. God is LOVE, and love is not without choice. So God made Man to bestow his endless love upon, and in return gave man the free will to see the magnitude of the love he has for us, and out of our own choice, love him in return. Anything short of this, would NOT be true love.
   The devil in his deception, in which he successfully convinced a 1/3 of the angels of God, accused God of high handedness, questioning His Holy character, HIS LOVE and the justice therein. It would be wrong, and would have proved the devil's point, if God as the accused in this case, had simply destroyed the devil and all the fallen angels. Humanity, and in particular, those of us that embrace God, and love him (the sort of Love that puts God above the self, and every other thing in this world, the Love that rejects sin), would VINDICATE THE CHARACTER OF GOD. The accused, in this case God, would not be the judge, RIGHTLY SO, hence humanity would serve as the juror. We would show that God is LOVE, GOD is JUST, and that he can be served out of one's own free will.
     This has always been the plan from the creation of man, to everything that transpired in the old testament, to the coming of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, to the second return of Christ to receive those that have Loved God. This is why the Devil and his agents, work so tirelessly to deceive anyone from loving God. Remember that to Love God is to keep his commands. The enemy would never stop in his quest to get man to reject God (he even had the audacity to tempt Jesus while he was on earth) because his only hope of avoiding the verdict that awaits him, is to prove that man, and indeed no creation of God would serve Him out of Love.
      The Bible, from the old testament to the new testament is succinct and conclusive in God's plan for humanity. I'm not a pastor or some extraordinary Bible scholar, but from what I deduce from the Bible, that plan is very much in tact, and God has not changed, neither has His Words. People get confused when they try to interpret the Bible to suit their circumstances and tweak God's Word to accommodate their sins. I'm convinced that love of self is the ultimate barrier that keeps us from God.
      So, there you have it, God put the Tree in the Garden, He knew the devil would tempt Eve, He knew man would sin, but would have the choice to love God or not. Man was made PARTIALLY for this special purpose; as the jurors in this greatest of all cases. Let me draw some parallels with jury duty here in the U.S, for illustration:
    - Remember, jurors are chosen from people who were not present at the incident. Man was not made when satan
      rebelled, and the angels of God, present at the rebellion are disqualified for this jury duty.

    - Jurors are again chosen from people who cannot be swayed by public opinion. Hence, man could not be made to
       be without the capability to sin against God, or without freewill, because that would swing the jury in the
       favor of God. THE EXISTENCE OF SIN IS A NECESSITY.

    - Lastly, and most important for us is that jurors are composed of law abiding citizens. So, really, the jurors in this
      case are those of us who love God and obey his commands. These are the law abiding citizens, whom are not
      compromised by sin, and have been found worthy of jury duty.

So this does not sound like some figment of my imagination, I would leave you with  these verses from the Bible:
1 Corinthians 6: 2-3 says:
    "Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT WE SHALL JUDGE ANGELS? How much more things that pertain to this life."

@texazz Stooopid, brainless person, who told you Abians elected this fool. The powers that be, in typical Nigerian fashion, foisted him on the good people of Abia.

@Dede1 are you Ngwa?

Oldest trick in the book; whenever there is a call for solidarity among the ethnic groups of Eastern Nigeria, Nigeria's dark forces respond with the time-tested 'oh the Igbos want your oil'. By the way, how would the Igbos take anyone's oil if the people themselves do not have ownership control of the oil. The Igbos do not have control of the oil in the Igbo territories, and the same goes for the Ijaw, Ogoni, Efiks etc. The federal government controls the revenue derived from the oil, so how exactly are Igbos going to grab people's oil?

We already had one genocide on Igbos, so there's precedence. It can definitely happen again if we keep going in the direction that we are going. In the midst of all these ethnic and religion inspired violent outbursts that we  keep experiencing, all it takes is for one group to hit another or other groups where it really hurts, and things could disintegrate real quick. No one thought that the incidents that preceded the civil war and the genocide that followed, would have led us to war so quickly. Yes, Nigeria is in a combustible state, and I can throw out a couple of realistic scenarios that would surely ignite the whole thing, but I'd rather not. Let's hope for the best.

Yeah, it wouldn't be as suspicious if the awkward silence had not occurred, and then she hangs up and hasn't called back. Consider yourself lucky, at least now you know what she's been up to, even though the cold treatment she had been giving you should have been a hint. It's tough, especially if you loved her, but man up, regroup and move on to bigger and better things.

I would think that people would know when to put their political and ethnic biases aside, so that we can tackle an issue that threatens us all. If you actually know something that the president is not doing to curb this boko-haram menace, please say it, or do humanity a favor and shut your face!!!!!!!!

Don't give them a dime!

50% That's just rubbish. My Mom has been in the civil service in Abia state for many years, in different ministries. I'm very familiar with the system, and there's no way anything less than 90% of the civil servants are not from Abia. The few non-Abians I saw are people who are there by appointment and would leave with whatever administration they came in with or whenever the appointment is terminated. Maybe, because TA Orji announced it like it is some big achievement, people are overreacting like some big change is about to happen. There are sooooo few people that would be affected by this. I doubt you would find many non-indigenes in the civil service of other states, most can barely accommodate their own people not to talk of others. I blame Orji for making it a big deal, its pretty much the status quo in Nigeria. If you are not smart enough to grasp that this only applies to government workers, then I cannot help you.
    @onlytruth, clap for yourself. You are really impressed with this your Anambra, unfortunately we are NOT. It's your type that's driving a wedge in Igbo unity, with your unguarded comments.  You can make your point without trying to insult the generality of Abians.

Make she no go join cult sha!

I keep hearing people accuse the president of being incompetent in this situation. Not saying that he is or not, but what exactly would any of you do in this situation that the President is not doing? He has deployed all the necessary security outfits, some of the best foreign agencies have been invited to help tackle the problem.
The president does not have supernatural powers, he cannot wish the problem away. This form of terrorism is new to Nigeria, but every country that has faced this problem has had a lot of difficulty combating it. Truth be told, it's going to take a tremendous effort on the part of the security forces in Nigeria to quell this rebellion. There is a time to abandon our political, cultural or religious affiliations and unanimously confront a problem that threatens us all. This is one of those times. Let's not politicize this issue, it's beyond that. That's all I have to say.

Simple answer to this proposal: It would NEVER happen. Case of jumping from frying pan to fire.

Hahaahaha, so the whole country has to fight Van Damme's personal battles, with a young lady nonetheless. Ghana, you are messing up again.

^^^^^Bros, take am easy with the kpoli, make we dey understand wetin you wan talk. Cheers.

For some reason, IBB commands so much loyalty and admiration from his 'boys'. You never hear of an IBB loyalist flipping on him and taking sides against him. On the other hand, OBJ can't seem to maintain the loyalty of his own son. Even people he made ministers and governors have insulted him on various occasions. Who would have thought that Fani Kayode would make such disparaging comments against OBJ. It's like they all could not stand this dude but just put up with him for what they could benefit at the moment. He's probably the kind of guy that belittles, victimizes and ridicules you as he helps you, knowing that you don't have any other choices. Meanwhile, IBB's boys from over twenty years ago are as steadfast as ever. Not taking sides, but just observing this glaring difference in these two characters.

Abeg help me answer one small question; where in this article did it say that the aggrieved were all Igbo people? So b'cos one i.diot  comes to that conclusion, the rest of you sheepishly follow suit. This Igbophobia has really eaten deep into your psyches, at this point you are being chased by your own shadows. S.t.upid people.

I take it back, just read Obj's statement, dude came out swinging too. Should be a good match.