₦airaland Forum

Angelanest:
Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha appeared to be emotionally touched yesterday as a blind evangelist and his wife sang during service at government house victory chapel in Owerri. See photos and people's reaction to this below;

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/governor-rochas-okorocha-blind-evangelist-imo-govt-house-photos.html

Hail the governor who no longer understands that areas outside his state capital also need development infrastructures.

Those his eyes and legs no longer extend beyond Owerri since 2015.

imhotep:
Owerri amaka.

Agreed. But next guber election, Owerri shall vote even a goat from Owerri before any candidate supported by Owelle.

Owerri duped Owelle big time by asking him to "build us a befitting state capital like Dubai in Africa before attending to other areas of Imo state". Owelle the most apolitical agreed. Now he is like a political orphan in Imo state.

imhotep:
Owerri amaka

Orlu and Okigwe Ajoka. In the same Imo state.


Enjoy a special Imo Governor obsessed with the phenomenon of State Capital;

a governor who believes that the Capital Development Budget of a State is Budget for Building up whatever the governor likes in the State Capital, while rest of the state is in dilapidation.

Nbote:
Oh stop lamenting and crying foul... D same Orlu Udenwa and den Ohakim concentrated on abi.. D same Orlu where Udenwa in particular sited everything his govt remembered to do abi??

Udenwa built Imo Secretariat in Owerri, opened New Owerri with development infrastructures, etc.

You sent Okorocha from Ideato who has destroyed those things Udenwa established in Orlu.

Sports Stadium Orlu built by Udenwa was the first thing Okorocha dismantled in 2011. He is whitewashing the remains he recently re-roofed.


Imo State University Teaching Hospital Orlu has been dismantled to a common general hospital and School of Nursing by Okorocha because of his desire to own a private university.

The Imo International Market Orlu is now a shadow of its old shape, the market has no more roads except a tiny close going to it. All the access roads to it have been deliberately abandoned by Okorocha govt, and they wasted.

It's no use lamenting Okorocha's war against Orlu because it gives him all the more joy.

stephenduru:
Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/11/petrol-tanker-and-18-seater-bus-collide.html?m=1

RIP.

No good News, no progress, no development news, related to Orlu in six years. So so bad news. Google it. Only Orlu Road, Owerri you see regarding activity in Imo state.


A governor declared war, total war, against Orlu since 2012.
This Njaba bridge and the road should have been completed if they are in Okorocha's new hometown Owerri

McSterling:
Another nairalander opened a similar thread some time ago. Many people are oblivious to the fact that Igalas can be found outside Kogi State. Several young Igalas from Kogi state think all members of their ethnic group are within the confines of the state. From my own experience, only their elders seem to know there are other Igalas outside, but not much emphasis is laid on this fact. Infact, I have recently met people who have never heard about the Igala people. Well, no thanks to our ethnic diversity in Nigeria.

The Igala people can be found in Kogi, Anambra, Delta(Ebu), Enugu, and Edo states of Nigeria. Of course, the majority of Igalas are found in Kogi state and Idah in Kogi state is the ancestral home of all Igalas. I am an Igala whose hometown is located in Anambra state. This news is often greeted with incredulity. It seems like a travesty, right? "Anambrarians" are all supposed to be igbos, right? No, the truth is that some aren't. The Igala people in Anambra state are found in Anambra West LGA, and are made up of the following villages/towns:
Nzam, Igbedor, Inoma, Odekpe, Owelle, Ukwala, Onugwa, Ode, Ala and Igbokeyi.

I think we Igalas in Anambra are little known largely because of our own attitude. The fault largely lies with us. We attempt to deny who we are or where we're from. We attempt to deny our very identity. Some of us claim to be Igbo while some altogether deny being from Anambra- they claim to come from Kogi state. My parents belong to the latter group.

This latter group usually bear Igala names rather than Igbo ones. Some times, they altogether dump their Igbo names and adopt new Igala ones. Others choose to transliterate their Igbo names to Igala. By doing this, they try to affirm their Igala ethnicity ( which I support and encourage BTW). But then, they go further. They say they are indigenes of Kogi state which is simply not true. What exactly they intend to achieve from this remains unclear to me. Some of these people don't even know the name of the Kogi governor. When they need infrastructure and social amenities, they cry to the Anambra government and yet they say they're from Kogi. Simply doesn't make any sense. The kogi government doesn't know them yet they foist themselves on the state. Do they expect special privileges from the kogi government? The same moribund government that has neglected true indigenes of kogi and has largely remained ineffective?
Makes absolutely no sense.

The former group, as I noted before, claim to be igbo. They deny being Igala. They love their Igbo names and would rather bear them. They would rather speak Igbo than Igala. These are the ones who make weak and frantic arguments to show they're Igbo. They hide their Igala identity or simply don't give it any thought when they say they're Igbo. Granted, I might be overgeneralizing here. Some do this just to get favours from the Igbos whilst privately affirming their Igala ethnicity.

Now, these two groups create a lot of confusion and complexity for us young folks. You see a situation where relatives or siblings are from different states of origin. One is Igbo and the other Igala. You see a person who says he's from kogi but can't precisely tell us where exactly in kogi he's from. I used to be very confused during my childhood. Here, I had my parents who say I'm Igala from kogi. There, I had my relatives who say I'm Igbo from Anambra. This was a rather peculiar dilemma. Which exactly was I? Neither painted the balanced picture. Both were opposite extremes. Thankfully, a well informed cousin provided the answer to this conundrum: we were Igalas but located in Anambra state.QED. As simple as that!

We Igalas in Anambra state must stop living in denial. We are not Igbo. We are not from kogi. Let us create this awareness, let people know who we are and where we're from. We may be a minority but we don't need to prevaricate, lie or be equivocal about it. If your parents made these mistakes, you don't need to perpetuate the same mistake for your kids. Let's correct this error and thus obviate this unnecessary dilemma for our children and generations yet unborn.

Thank you.

PS: Lalasticlala , Seun , Ishilove , Fulaman198 , odumchi , bigfrancis21 or whoever is in charge here, please help me push this to front page. It's really important.

This is type of story which Muslim SW and North of Nigeria love so much.
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The more the unbelievers divide themselves into tiny ethnic groups, the more they are easily overrun and Jihaded.

Mr Igalla continue. I am not sure Igbos are constraining any non-Igbo become Igbo. So it's not easy to understand your motivation for writing this.

McSterling:
Another nairalander opened a similar thread some time ago. Many people are oblivious to the fact that Igalas can be found outside Kogi State. Several young Igalas from Kogi state think all members of their ethnic group are within the confines of the state. From my own experience, only their elders seem to know there are other Igalas outside, but not much emphasis is laid on this fact. Infact, I have recently met people who have never heard about the Igala people. Well, no thanks to our ethnic diversity in Nigeria.

The Igala people can be found in Kogi, Anambra, Delta(Ebu), Enugu, and Edo states of Nigeria. Of course, the majority of Igalas are found in Kogi state and Idah in Kogi state is the ancestral home of all Igalas. I am an Igala whose hometown is located in Anambra state. This news is often greeted with incredulity. It seems like a travesty, right? "Anambrarians" are all supposed to be igbos, right? No, the truth is that some aren't. The Igala people in Anambra state are found in Anambra West LGA, and are made up of the following villages/towns:
Nzam, Igbedor, Inoma, Odekpe, Owelle, Ukwala, Onugwa, Ode, Ala and Igbokeyi.

I think we Igalas in Anambra are little known largely because of our own attitude. The fault largely lies with us. We attempt to deny who we are or where we're from. We attempt to deny our very identity. Some of us claim to be Igbo while some altogether deny being from Anambra- they claim to come from Kogi state. My parents belong to the latter group.

This latter group usually bear Igala names rather than Igbo ones. Some times, they altogether dump their Igbo names and adopt new Igala ones. Others choose to transliterate their Igbo names to Igala. By doing this, they try to affirm their Igala ethnicity ( which I support and encourage BTW). But then, they go further. They say they are indigenes of Kogi state which is simply not true. What exactly they intend to achieve from this remains unclear to me. Some of these people don't even know the name of the Kogi governor. When they need infrastructure and social amenities, they cry to the Anambra government and yet they say they're from Kogi. Simply doesn't make any sense. The kogi government doesn't know them yet they foist themselves on the state. Do they expect special privileges from the kogi government? The same moribund government that has neglected true indigenes of kogi and has largely remained ineffective?
Makes absolutely no sense.

The former group, as I noted before, claim to be igbo. They deny being Igala. They love their Igbo names and would rather bear them. They would rather speak Igbo than Igala. These are the ones who make weak and frantic arguments to show they're Igbo. They hide their Igala identity or simply don't give it any thought when they say they're Igbo. Granted, I might be overgeneralizing here. Some do this just to get favours from the Igbos whilst privately affirming their Igala ethnicity.

Now, these two groups create a lot of confusion and complexity for us young folks. You see a situation where relatives or siblings are from different states of origin. One is Igbo and the other Igala. You see a person who says he's from kogi but can't precisely tell us where exactly in kogi he's from. I used to be very confused during my childhood. Here, I had my parents who say I'm Igala from kogi. There, I had my relatives who say I'm Igbo from Anambra. This was a rather peculiar dilemma. Which exactly was I? Neither painted the balanced picture. Both were opposite extremes. Thankfully, a well informed cousin provided the answer to this conundrum: we were Igalas but located in Anambra state.QED. As simple as that!

We Igalas in Anambra state must stop living in denial. We are not Igbo. We are not from kogi. Let us create this awareness, let people know who we are and where we're from. We may be a minority but we don't need to prevaricate, lie or be equivocal about it. If your parents made these mistakes, you don't need to perpetuate the same mistake for your kids. Let's correct this error and thus obviate this unnecessary dilemma for our children and generations yet unborn.

Thank you.

PS: Lalasticlala , Seun , Ishilove , Fulaman198 , odumchi , bigfrancis21 or whoever is in charge here, please help me push this to front page. It's really important.

In that your now non-Igbo Igalas from Anambra state, you may still have sub-divisions who also claim other ethnicities.

But bottom line: only fools and ignoramuses love to be divided and thus, easily manipulated.

Wish you the best as a northern Nigerian who unfortunately found himself an Anambrarian.

ManirBK:
http://leadership.ng/2017/11/24/fg-uncovers-fraud-13-revenue-generating-agencies/

President Buhari,


Restore fiscal federalism to Nigeria to stop corruption.

Why do you still pretend not to understand that corruption is not the wedge against development of Nigeria?


The "food is ready" political system of Nigeria is responsible for most of the corrupt practices in Nigeria..

Yyeske:
Rush down to the National Assembly as we speak and tell it to insert referendum into the constitution

Which National Assembly? The Assembly unduly dominated by northern legislators due to undue large number of states forcefully proliferated by northern military dictators in one northern region.

The 1999 constitution that did not pass through any referendum legitimized the National Assembly, so separatist groups of Nigeria do not need to go to the National Assembly for anything.

You don't seem to have enough intelligence to understand what t told you: that Nigeria has a constitution supervised under duress by military dictators who s/elected people who arranged the constitution;

and worse, the constitution did not pass through any referendum. Therefore, the constitution is not binding on any Nigerian separatist group. That's why your Arewa masters ignored the constitution when they adopted Islamic Sharia criminal justice system, and Obasanjo the president and the NASS could not do anything to stop the northern states then.

Yyeske:
Nothing like Biafra for now

You are blowing on cracked flute.

Nigeria's military constitution does not stop Biafra referendum. Nigeria's constitution was not through a plebiscite, thus is not binding on any Nigerian separatist group.

Even 12 northern states had set aside Nigeria's constitution when the 12 northern states adopted Islamic Sharia Criminal laws.

massinola:
We know already. Before they arrive here to shout GEJ this and that, they should first tell us what they all did about those roads before GEJ, starting from Buhari's first coming to his second coming. We supported Goodluck the same way we supported every other former and present Nigeria president. What do we get in return? Negligence and abandoned projects here and there. Allow us go na, no, we must be one but can't be treated as equal. Nigeria I hail thee

Nigeria wouldn't mind allowing Biafra go. It's the self-centred Igbo politicians and those Igbo who own landed property in Abuja and Lagos that are stopping Biafra. They eat bellyful today, but don't give a shiiiiit about the bleak future of their grand and great grand children in hellish one Nigeria.

massinola:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/s-south-s-east-roads-worst-country-fg/

Is Federal govt now reporting itself to the British or American govt?

Northern Nigeria is using Nigeria's government with crude oil proceeds to build the standard gauge rail lines in the north, in addition to the vast good roads in the north.


So tell this worse southeast story to those useless and selfish Igbo politicians who do not want to join full time the struggles for liberation of Biafra from failed country, Nigeria.

Olidawg247:
Breaking News:

ATIKU DECAMPS FROM APC

Read statement of resignation below:

Statement of resignation of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar (Waziri Adamawa) Vice President of Nigeria, 1999-2007 from the All Progressives Congress

On the 19th of December, 2013, I received members of the All Progressives Congress at my house in Abuja. They had come to appeal to me to join their party after my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had become factionalized as a result of the special convention of August 31, 2013.

The fractionalization of the Peoples Democratic Party on August 31, 2013 had left me in a situation where I was, with several other loyal party members, in limbo, not knowing which of the parallel executives of the party was the legitimate leadership.

It was under this cloud that members of the APC made the appeal to me to join their party, with the promise that the injustices and failure to abide by its own constitution which had dogged the then PDP, would not be replicated in the APC and with the assurance that the vision other founding fathers and I had for the PDP could be actualized through the All Progressives Congress.

It was on the basis of this invitation and the assurances made to me that I, being party-less at that time, due to the fractionalization of my party, accepted on February 2, 2014, the hand of fellowship given to me by the All Progressives Congress.

On that day, I said "it is the struggle for democracy and constitutionalism and service to my country and my people that are driving my choice and my decision" to accept the invitation to join the All Progressives Congress.

Like you, I said that because I believed that we had finally seen the beginnings of the rebirth of the new Nigeria of our dreams which would work for all of us, old and young.

However, events of the intervening years have shown that like any other human and like many other Nigerians, I was fallible.

While other parties have purged themselves of the arbitrariness and unconstitutionality that led to fractionalization, the All Progressives Congress has adopted those same practices and even gone beyond them to institute a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy within the party and the government it produced.

Only last year, a governor produced by the party wrote a secret memorandum to the president which ended up being leaked. In that memo, he admitted that the All Progressives Congress had "not only failed to manage expectations of a populace that expected overnight ‘change’ but has failed to deliver even mundane matters of governance".

Of the party itself, that same governor said "Mr. President, Sir Your relationship with the national leadership of the party, both the formal (NWC) and informal (Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso), and former Governors of ANPP, PDP (that joined us) and ACN, is perceived by most observers to be at best frosty. Many of them are aggrieved due to what they consider total absence of consultations with them on your part and those you have assigned such duties."

Since that memorandum was written up until today, nothing has been done to reverse the treatment meted out to those of us invited to join the All Progressives Congress on the strength of a promise that has proven to be false. If anything, those behaviours have actually worsened.

But more importantly, the party we put in place has failed and continues to fail our people, especially our young people. How can we have a federal cabinet without even one single youth.

A party that does not take the youth into account is a dying party. The future belongs to young people.

I admit that I and others who accepted the invitation to join the APC were eager to make positive changes for our country that we fell for a mirage. Can you blame us for wanting to put a speedy end to the sufferings of the masses of our people?

Be that as it may be, after due consultation with my God, my family, my supporters and the Nigerian people whom I meet in all walks of life, I, Atiku Abubakar, Waziri Adamawa, hereby tender my resignation from the All Progressives Congress while I take time to ponder my future.

May God bless you and may God bless Nigeria.

Atiku Abubakar
Waziri Adamawa

Released by:
Atiku Media Office
61, Ebitu Ukiwe Street
Jabi
Abuja
Nigeria.

Source:www.atiku.org

Atiku, PDP will still lose 2019 presidential election if it files a northern presidential candidate; take this to the central bank.

North has ruled Nigeria for 41 of the country's 57 years as independent country.

Wiseandtrue:
No right thinking human being irrespective of any walks in life will support Rochas Okorocha on this even if the statue is 1k (kobo)

with so much unpaid salaries, lack of infrastructure I mean what are we talking about

This is a very heartless project!

Lack of infrastructure in Imo?

But Rochas is building ten-lane roads and flyovers in Owerri - like it is in Ikorodu Road, Lagos;
while rest of Imo state has no more roads.

Rochas even puts metal decorations rooftops on top of Owerri roads.
Lagos has 15 million population. Owerri has less than 1 million population; on weekends and festive days, nearly 3/4 of the population in Owerri leave for the hinterland.

Abagworo:
https://guardian.ng/news/n500000-was-spent-on-statue-says-governor-okorochas-aide/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMMjlHQWAAIkCf4.jpg

Statues for Okorocha's Capital City.


Stories from a state governor who blatantly and maliciously refuses that any other town outside his state capital shall see development.

SoNature:
Cry baby, will you ever stop?

Cry, if not, before long, Owerri and Gov Okorocha may insist that all decent houses and vehicles in Imo outside Owerri be relocated to Owerri, because Owerri as state capital city must be developed first.

Last year, chieftains from Orlu traveled to Gov House, Owerri, and asked Okorocha to complete the roads his government excavated and abandoned in Orlu since 2012.

Okorocha's response to the Orlu chiefs was they should come to Owerri and claim ownership of Owerri.

Okorocha till today does not seem to understand that the more he builds his broadways and Inland roads and tunnels in Owerri and decorates the top of the roads with metal rooftops, but abandon rest of the state decaying as they are, it is the more he infuriates people of Imo state who are not from Owerri

Abagworo:
Talking about Orange drug, Tony Ezenna has almost completed a lovely new Akokwa High School.

...while Tony Ezenna's kinsman from Ideato, Gov Okorocha, builds secondary schools only in Owerri, including Akwakuma, Amakohia - anywhere in Owerri where his project can easily be seen so as to recommend him for future president of Nigeria.

Ezenna donates to secondary schools in Imo west district, Okorocha's only connection with Imo West district is his private university in Ogboko, Ideato.

By 2019, Okorocha may come to Imo West which he denies any meaningful development project to ask for votes for his successor.

What a politician - Rocha Okorocha.

onoikenna:
Governor Willie Obiano today embarked on a victory road march through major streets of the state capital to express gratitude to Ndi Anambra for their overwhelming support to him during the just concluded governorship election in the state.
The governor who had just received his certificate of return from INEC, was joined by his wife, Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano as he marched round the town, acknowledging cheers from the people. At Eke Awka Market, traders chanted tirelessly in praise of the historic victory of the governor.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/11/governor-obiano-embarks-on-victory-road.html?m=1

It can only be regarded as victory march if there are no gun-totting police or soldier following him about.

This democracy by the gun in Nigeria don tire man.

Explorers:
Came across this on facebook.



When our old parents have laboured so hard to serve their fatherland, the government for 35years.

But they have to queue for days, weeks, months to get paid.


Some have even died trying to get their pay.

Why complain while many Nigerians say it's One Nigeria or nothing?

If any group in Nigeria say they are tired of Nigeria and want their own country to be built like Europe, many shall call them names like Biafrauud, Biafrat, etc.

Enjoy your crude oil in Nigeria and stop comparing to complain.

All things being like this, hundred years from now, Nigeria is still to be mired in this mud.

ScotMisile:
Maybe every where in Nigeria looks like Lagos and Abuja...
Go and buy sense and stop exhibiting envy.

Me envying Owerri for its development? Owerri people did not build the development infrastructures in Owerri.

If someone from Imo state envies Owerri, do you think all is well with Imo state? A state was created and demarcated into senatorial zones and local government areas to enable uniform development of the state.

Any person aligned to having government develop Owerri first while the rest of Imo state remain squalid as they are today, is a crook.

Take away crude oil proceeds, that house can't cost five million Naira. Abuja landed property cost is exaggerated.

Joephat:
Burutai is trying to do what he loves doing

He is going there to help Fulani herdsmen to terrorize the ppl of Benue. Its obvious that they don't need military presence anymore.

Why sending soldiers when its not needed, Fear Burutai but respect God..

Who needs soldiers to enforce Benue or another state's anti-grazing laws? Operation anti-grazing law by soldiers may be brewing in Benue state.

SmartchoiceNGR:
thank you Benue people for showing the world that you don't fight madmen but rather confront them with the instrumentality of the law backed by shuttle diplomacy!

God bless Benue People!

Too early to shout Alleluia.

Who has last command over Nigeria's coercive instruments - law enforcement agencies? It's the Fulani.

sanctity454:
I belong to the school of thought of developing a particular area at a greater speed than others, that's why we have capital cities, if not everywhere we look like suburban glorified ghetto.

What if we first develop Abuja to look like London or New York, after that, future governments shall start to allocate resources for development of Owerri and others?

The idea of developing one town first by Imo state government is a most rogue, disingenuous and greedy.
The idea was suggested by Owerri politicians to Okorocha, and he bought it without knowing that it is destroying his political base in Imo state. The more you show Owerri big roads while there are hardly anymore roads in Orlu and Okigwe areas, the more you annoy people of Orlu and Okigwe.

No other Society or country in the world has built, or is building one city with the hope that future governments shall build others.

This idea of building Owerri first is most fraudulent, and it has reduced the entire space of Imo state as most under-developed in the south, while we have only Owerri as only modern place in Imo state.

sanctity454:
Owerri city road expansion taking shape

If you show Okorocha's broad roads in Owerri, you are entertaining only yourself and Roch's Okorocha, as Orlu and Okigwe, the principal cities of the other two senatorial districts, lay in near ruins under Okorocha government.

Even if Okorocha paves all Owerri roads with gold toddy, but continued to abandon Orlu and Okigwe as they are today, he remains a loser.
A state governor who concentrates his development projects in the state capital is either semi-literate or a fraudulent governor.

Okorocha's policy of "Owerri-or -no-other-place" has left Imo state grossly under-developed, compared to other states created the same time with Imo state.



Okorocha's Owerri is less than 5% of Imo State by land mass.

sarrki:
“I knew all along that Diezani could not deal with having another female around who had the kind of access I had to the president." Says Stella Oduah

Girls fighting over maga sugar daddy.

Loooooool,
But I can bet my last Naira that the mugu never saw the pants of any of the two ladies.

Nigeria should be there. With Boko Haram, we literally told rest of the world to avoid Nigeria..

Boko Haram which fights for a country to be ruled with Islamic Sharia criminal laws emerged after 12 northern Nigeria states adopted Islamic Sharia criminal laws.


Tourism money eludes Nigeria.

Tourism is greatest money maker for peaceful countries, followed by industries and services.

Nigeria now fights for, and relies on oil money

Sleekydee:
and y exactly re dey nekkid?

ISIS-style torture. An armed forces fast adopting ISIS Jihadi format.
Torture like this is abomination - forbidden - by the International Combat rules.

Chrismario:
As was released, the defeated PDP candidate in just concluded Anambra Gubernatorial election Mr. Obaze H. Oseloka has closed the chapter of challenging the outcome of the election as he pointed out earlier.

Good legacy of Goodluck Jonathan reigns.


Muhammad Buhari nearly ruined election tribunals and Nigeria's Judiciary through Buhari challenging election results every time.

That period, even candidates who scored 100 votes in a guber election went to court to ask for nullification of election results somebody else scored 500,000 votes to win.

Buhari legacy - let no one copy.

Kondomatic:
Hausas so loved themselves that things meant for IDPs are being sold in the market.

Hausas/Fulanis mostly love themselves when it comes to installing Fulani man as president of Nigeria, and when it comes to rejecting restructuring of the political structure and governance system and constitution crafted by Fulani-loyal soldiers.

Dosmay:
Olusegun Obasanjo during his thanksgiving Service shortly after his release from prison in 1998
Lalasticlala
http://www.dosmay.com.ng/2017/11/olusegun-obasanjo-during-his.html?m=1

Obasanjo had N20,000 in his bank account when he was released from prison by Fulani-loyal soldiers to come over to PDP to oust Alex Ekwueme from becoming president of Nigeria from 1999.

Without that single act, Nigeria must have taken a better development direction.


Today, Obasanjo is stupendously rich but talks about fight against corruption in Nigeria.

But political and monetary corruption are what brought Nigeria to its present sorry state.